Friday, September 17, 2004

FEWER PEOPLE WITH HEALTH INSURANCE FROM THEIR EMPLOYER

progressreport.com

FEWER PEOPLE WITH HEALTH INSURANCE FROM THEIR EMPLOYER: A new study by
the Economic Policy Institute reveals that over the last four years,
"the persistently weak labor market in tandem with sharply increasing
health costs have led to a related problem for working families: the loss
of employer-provided health coverage
(http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issuebrief202) ." Among those who
hold jobs, employer-provided coverage has dropped from 58.9 percent to
56.4 percent since 2000. Children were hit especially hard, "with a net
2.4 million fewer children covered by employer-provided health insurance
in 2003 than in 2000."