For HR managers who have had a front-row seat to some of the more seismic changes in health care benefits in recent years, the latest Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report will sound more than familiar.

Its main findings: the percentage of Americans who receive health insurance through employers has fallen significantly over the last decade — from 69.7 percent nationwide in 2000 to just 59.5 percent in 2011.

Also, in total, 11.5 million fewer Americans receive their health coverage through their job, or a family member’s job, than did at the start of the century. In 2000, approximately 170.5 million Americans were enrolled in a plan through their employer compared with 159 million in 2011.

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