More than 1M Ohioans lost employer-sponsored insurance the last decade

YOUNGSTOWN— More than 1 million Ohioans lost employer-sponsored health insurance during the past decade, according to data released by the Economic Policy Institute.

Ohio had the seventh-largest percentage decline in insured individuals under 65 from 2000 to 2010.

About 6.2 million Ohioans are covered by employer-sponsored health-insurance plans compared to 7.3 million a decade ago, a 12 percent decline.

All 50 states experienced declines in employer-covered individuals.

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