Employment-Based Health Coverage Rate Falls Two Percent Between 1994 & 2005

January 15, 2007 Employment-Based Health Coverage Rate Falls Two Percent Between 1994 & 2005 The percentage of the U.S. population with employment-based health insurance coverage has dropped slightly under two percent over ten years, from 64.4% in 1994 to 62% in 2005. The rate of employment-based health insurance did not drop consistently during the decade, and in some years increased; in 2000 66.8% of those employed had an employer-sponsored health plan. Seventy-one percent of workers under the age of 65 had employment-based health benefits. Only 37.7% of non-workers had . . .