Obama takes health care back on the road

From: The Washington Times | July 1, 2009 

President Obama will go to Northern Virginia on Wednesday afternoon to hold a town hall-style discussion on national health care. Mr. Obama has chosen Virginia where employees pay some of the highest health-insurance premiums in the country, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Single people pay 24 percent of the cost of premiums offered through Virginia employers, the highest in the country. They also pay 31 percent for family coverage through employer plans, tying Virginia for third with several other states, according to the foundation. The average family premium is $13,000 a year, according to statistics provided by the Obama …

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