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As predicted, ObamaCare is forcing employers to increase workers’ contribution to health insurance premiums to help cover higher costs. “More than half of companies (56%) increased employees’ share of health care premiums or co-payments for doctors’ visits in 2013,” reports USA Today, “and 59% of employers say they intend to do the same in 2014, according to the annual Aflac WorkForces Report.” This understandably has employees on edge: “49% have less than $1,000 to pay for unexpected out-of-pocket medical expenses; 53% would borrow from their 401(k)s or credit cards to cover unexpected medical costs; 66% say they wouldn’t be able to adjust to the large financial costs associated with a serious injury or illness.” Wasn’t ObamaCare supposed to ease Americans’ health care burdens? More…