The average, according to the Kaiser Family foundation, is 28%. It's very likely your employer is paying 72%. Well, the employer of the state of Wisconsin's employees is is you and me. Our tax dollars are paying almost 80%, 90%, excuse me, of [state employees'] health insurance premiums. Were Act 10 to go away, it would cost the average family of four fifteen hundred dollars per year instantly. (39:44)
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Asserts that Wisconsin taxpayers cover nearly 90% of state employees' health insurance premiums.
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