The current economic environment highlights the degree to which Americans under age 65 rely on a healthy labor market for almost all facets of economic security—particularly access to health care. While the Great Recession officially ended in the summer of 2009, the labor market continued to deteriorate into 2010 and stagnated in 2011. The unemployment rate went from 9.3 percent in 2009 to 9.6 percent in 2010 and then to 8.9 percent in 2011.1
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