Drop in Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage Continues

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California Employer Health Benefits Survey, 2008

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Friday, October 10, 2008

Drop in Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage Continues

The percentage of Americans younger than age 65 covered by employer-sponsored health plans dropped to 62.9% in 2007, according to an Economic Policy Institute study released on Thursday, the Sacramento Business Journal reports.

The decrease marks the seventh straight year of declines in employer-sponsored coverage. In 2000, 68.3% of Americans received health insurance through an employer, according to the study.

In California, 56.3% of residents were covered by employer-sponsored plans in 2006-2007, down from 59.7% in 2000-2001, researchers found (Robertson, Sacramento Business Journal, 10/9).