Open enrollment: Higher pay could mean higher premiums

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Fri Oct 28, 2011 2:28pm EDT (Reuters) – Open enrollment for benefits ends today at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Jason Rothstein, 40, has just finished all the needed paperwork. Once again, his health insurance premiums will go up – about 5 to 6% in 2012. And, as an employee with earnings in the $61,000 to $76,000 range, he’ll pay more for his insurance than colleagues at a lower salary level.


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