"In 2012, the share of non-elderly Americans with employer-sponsored health insurance [ESI] did not decline for the first time in 12 years. After falling every year since 2000, for a total decline of 10.9 percentage points to 2011, coverage was essentially flat between 2011 and 2012, increasing slightly to 58.4 percent.... As many as 29 million more people under age 65 would have had ESI in 2012 if the ESI coverage rate had remained at its 2000 level.... On-the-job coverage for strongly attached workers (those who worked at least 20 hours per week for at least half the year) continued its march downward, from 55.4 percent in 2007 to 51.6 percent in 2012."  MORE >>