A new reportshows fewer workers in Kentucky and Indiana are getting health insurance through their jobs. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation says 59.5 percent of Kentuckians under the age of 65 received health insurance through their job or a family member’s job in 2011. That’s a drop of more than 9 percent from 2000.
In Indiana, 63 percent of those under 65 got health insurance through jobs in 2011, down nearly 15 percent from 2000.
Tennessee saw a 10 percent drop over that same time period.
Nationwide, the report found that 11.5 million fewer Americans get insurance through the workplace.
You can see the complete Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report here.