The private companies offering health insurance to workers fell from 58.9 percent to 52.4 percent, mostly due to small firms dropping coverage by more than 10 percentage points. Fewer employees enrolled in their employers’ health plans, as well, dropping from 81.8 percent to 76.3 percent.
While employer-sponsored coverage fell in all studied income levels, wealthier workers saw a smaller decline of 2.8 percentage points compared with poorer workers under 200 percent of the federal poverty line, whose work-based health plans were 10.1 percentage points less common.
Annual premiums on employer-sponsored plans also grew more expensive, doubling from $2,490 to $5,081 for individuals and more than doubling for family coverage from $6,415 to $14,447, according to the report. Employers also paid smaller shares of premiums, with employee contributions only rising from 17.5 percent to 20.8 percent.
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