The premiums of health insurances for U. S. workers' families have doubled in the last ten years and the same is expected to continue in the times to come, according to reports.

One such organization is the Business Roundtable, which represents large U. S. corporations. Its per employee costs will jump to $28,530 from $10,743 if no steps are taken to prevent it.

"The (roundtable) report ... paints a very grim picture of what happens if we fail to reform the healthcare system. The cost increases are so large that the employer based system that we have today will be at serious risk," Eastman Kodak Chairman and CEO Antonio Perez told reporters by telephone.

These studies are a result of the Democratic lawmakers encouraging their health reform plan targeted to contain rising costs and covering the millions of uninsured Americans.

The U. S. President wants the present system to prevail in his country where the employers cover the health insurance plans below the age of 65.

Some people feel that the execution of a public plan would aid the companies to stop providing health benefits but few others feel that employers would still want to offer benefits to attract employees.