The Silent Robber of Middle Class Income? It's Still Health Care

The Silent Robber of Middle Class Income? It's Still Health Care

by Derek Thompson

Who stole the middle class's raise? Cheap foreign workers did it. Software did it. The decline of unions and manufacturing did it, too. But don't forget health care.
Between 1999 and 2012, workers' health care costs grew four times faster than their earnings, according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/09/the-silent-robber-of-middle-class-income-its-still-health-care/262210/