Healthcare coverage data

Every now and then in a heated debate its nice to examine facts, and on occasion even statistics. The National Employee Benefits Institute has released a report based upon 2008 year end census data. It notes 61% of "working age" Americans had coverage through an employer plan. That's down from 68% in 2000. It was 64% in 1994, and employer based coverage expanded each year until 2000. Also noted, 82.6% of the non-elderly (under age 65) population had insurance in 2008, a total of  217 million insured and 45.7 million uninsured.