A survey of California employers released by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust (HRET) shows that premiums for employer sponsored health insurance increased 9.9% in 2001, which was more than double California's 4.3% inflation rate. Enrollment in HMOs decreased while the number of workers in less restrictive managed care plans increased.

• News Release: Health Insurance Premiums in California Grew at More than Double the Rate of Inflation in 2001 
  
  
• Survey Highlights and Chartpack 
  
  
• Archives of All Californial Employer Health Benefits Surveys