Recently, a friend casually mentioned to me that his family finances were being strained by healthcare costs.
Why?
His family’s annual deductible had gone up from $2,500 to $12,500.
What?
Think about that for a moment … a 10-grand bump in out-of-pocket healthcare costs before the insurance even kicked in (with co-pays, of course).
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The discussion piqued my curiosity, and I did some digging to put my friend’s predicament in perspective … what I found was surprising (and certainly under-reported in the main stream media)

