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A new EPI report shows that employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) has declined every year since 2000, currently leaving 45.7 million people under 65 without any coverage and estimates suggest another 10 million people will be without ESI by 2010 unless the economy makes an unpredicted swift rebound or there is large-scale health reform.

The latest proposal for taxing employer-provided health care benefits still ultimately shifts costs onto workers.

Today's Census Bureau report shows employment-based health coverage dropped for the eighth year in a row.

The latest statistics on unemployment, underemployment, worker productivity, health care coverage, and job and retirement security.

An essential component of the health care reform debate is providing affordable coverage, or subsidies, to those who cannot currently afford health insurance. Legislation in Congress would limit the maximum amount families under 400% of the federal poverty line could pay on insurance premiums, but some policy makers would like to reduce that eligibility for subsidies. Such reductions would force many middle-income families to spend substantial portions -- easily 15% to 20% -- of their household income on premiums. A new EPI Issue Brief shows how reducing these subsidies will affect  families in each of the 50 states.