Health Insurance Cost from my former employer from my W-2 statements and end of year salary statements, 1999-2008. The rise in cost does not appear to reflect a HEALTHCARE CRISIS.

Average Annual Salary $42,000.00

1999 Medical for the year: $432.96 for an individual

1999 Dental for the year: $59.04 for an individual

2000 Medical for the year: $464. 40 for an individual

2000 Dental for the year: $84.00 for an individual

2001 Medical for the year: 505.20 for an individual

2001 Dental for the year: 92.40 for an individual

2002 Medical for the year: $272.00 for an individual

2002 Dental for the year: $92.40 for an individual

2003 Medical for the year: $360.00 for an individual

2003 Dental for the year: $162.00 for an individual

2004 Medical for the year: $378.00 for an individual

2004 Dental for the year: $174.00 for an individual

2005 Medical for the year: $410.40 for an individual

2005 Dental for the year: $184.80 for an individual

2006 Medical for the year: $439.20 for an individual

2006 Dental for the year: $216.00 for an individual

2007 Medical for the year: $480.00 for an individual

2007 Dental for the year: $168.00.00 for an individual

2008 Medical for the year: $520.00 for an individual

2008 Dental for the year: $210.00 for an individual

2008 figures are a projection since my job was off-shored and my severance did not collect medical and dental insurance for the second half of 2008.

I now have no health or dental insurance and I have not been to the doctor or the dentist in 2009. But I see no crisis here. The cost over a ten-year period was very reasonable for an individual. I cannot speak for the cost of a couple or a family. Somebody is lying about this so called health care CRISIS.

Dr. K