Employers see less health coverage in the next decade
Wall Street Journal Health Blog, March 13, 2009
According to a survey of 489 large U.S. employers, 62% said they were confident they would still be offering their workers health coverage 10 years from now, down from 73% in 2008. The economic crisis and the prospect of a new and much different health-insurance system was two reasons cited for the drop.
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