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Health Insurance Costs (in millions)
The Framingham town government pays 90% of the employees health insurance.
Note that the cost is getting out of control.

Town Total
Budget
(1997)
Health
Insurance
(1997)
Percent
of
Budget
(1997)
Total
Budget
(2003) est.
Health
Insurance
(2003) est.
Percent
of
Budget
(2003)
Framingham $115.0 $9.8 8.82 $160.7 $17.4 10.8
Natick $67.7 $3.8 5.6 $92.0 $7.6 8.3
Marlborough $62.9 $3.75 6.0 $92.4 $5.2 5.6
Hopkington $22.0 $1.07 4.9 $45.5 $2.6 5.7
Franklin $43.4 $1.45 3.3 $73.4 $3.4 4.6
Natick's budget numbers are for 1998, not 1997

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