claim: "between the year 2000 and 2006, (insurance) premiums in this country doubled."
author: chris van hollen
evidence_1: may 1, 2012 ... several figures in this primer show the cumulative percent change in private  health insurance or health insurance premiums (figures 11, 15, and 20). ...  whereas premium increases have been between 3 and 13% per year since 2000 , inflation and changes in workers' earnings are typically in the 2 to 4% ...
evidence_2: jan 19, 2011 ... "i'm interested to hear my colleagues say that they can identify with all the  problems in the health care system," van hollen said from the floor of the house.  "between the year 2000 and 2006, premiums in this country doubled, health  insurance company profits quadrupled, and this congress did nothing."
evidence_3: submitted by insurers earlier this year, and final approved rates for small-group  and nongroup marketplace plans will begin to be made ... year-to-year variation  in small-group health insurance premiums: double-digit annual increases  have been common over the past decade ... between 2000 and 2013 it was  more.
evidence_4: jul 18, 2017 ... the medicare hospital insurance (part a) trust fund is projected to be depleted in  2029, one year later than the 2016 projection. medicare's actuaries ... between  2000 and 2010, per enrollee spending growth rates were comparable for  medicare and private insurance (figure 3). between 2010 and 2016, ...
evidence_5: jan 8, 2009 ... premiums for employer-provided health care have doubled since 2000 (the  earliest year the medical expenditures panel survey has on record). ... care  spending among other rich, developed countries in the organisation for  economic cooperation and development averaged just 9 percent of gdp in  2006.