Studies show large employers in particular will still offer health insurance despite such options as the public exchanges.
But those numbers can be misleading, since the recession spelled the end of coverage for millions of employees before the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was even in its final stages of development.
A report from the Robert Wood Foundation says the percentage of private sector employees with employer-sponsored health insurance fell from more than 53 percent in 2009 to less than 50 percent by 2013. They pin the blame squarely on the recession.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
