Health spending as a proportion of income. What has
changed substantially is the proportion of workers for whomexpenditures are a substantial fraction of income (Exhibit 4). In 1979–1984
per capita expenditures were less than 5 percent of income for about
half of all workers and more than 10 percent for about one-fifth of
workers. By 1992–1995 per capita expenditures were less than 5
percent for only 26 percent of workers, more than 10 percent forone-third of workers. As a result of expenditure increases that were
much more rapid than wage increases, health insurance appears to
be unaffordable for many more workers in 1995 than in 1979