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New York, New York (PRWEB) December 22, 2005--The American Association of Employees and Self-Employed Persons (AAESEP), a non-profit organization, offering American workers access to information, referrals to job training and job search organizations, and opportunities to act as advocates on the policies and programs that will dramatically affect their lives, has added a critical new service to their growing list of programs. New Yorkers have been paying far too much for health insurance premiums.

According to a recent survey sponsored by the Community Service Society, health care has emerged as the greatest worry for low-income New Yorkers, with 41% of respondents reporting they were unable to fill a needed prescription and 36% saying they postponed medical care or surgery for lack of money or insurance coverage. To make matters worse a November 2005 study conducted by ehealthinsurance.com shows that the average monthly premium for New York residents is $379, over $130 per month more then New Jersey, the State with the next highest monthly health insurance premiums.

Two-thirds of the low-income workers surveyed were employed by small businesses with fewer than 50 employees, and it is most often small firms that have found it hard to provide health insurance as premium costs have soared. This trend was reflected in the data. Among poor full-time wage earners half are uninsured and barely a fifth have private insurance. Full-time workers just above the poverty level fared somewhat better, with 31% uninsured and 55% covered by their own or a spouse’s employee plan. In contrast, only 7% of moderate and higher income New Yorkers reported being uninsured........


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