HARRISBURG (Oct. 13) – The number of Pennsylvanians with health insurance from an employer is decreasing at a much faster rate than the national average, according to a study released Monday by the Economic Policy Institute and Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, two left-leaning think tanks.

More than 550,000 Pennsylvanians under 65, or about 7.1 percent of those who receive health insurance from an employer, stopped receiving that coverage between 2000-01 and 2006-07, the most recent data available, the study indicated.

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