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Article: More than 60 percent of workers have health insurance.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Westchester County Business Journal
- Article date:
- March 17, 2003
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During the first half of 2000, more than 60 percent (71 million) of working Americans under 65 years of age had health insurance they obtained through their primary place of employment, according to data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Other details on characteristics of workers and health insurance include:
* In the first half of 2000, among occupational groups, managers and administrators were most likely to be insured (73.3 percent) and farm laborers were least likely to have insurance through their own workplace (28.4 percent).
* Higher hourly earnings were ...