September 29, 2009 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Employee access to medical care benefits in metropolitan areas, December 2008

Access to medical benefits, by metropolitan area, December 2008
Metropolitan area	Percent
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	69
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA	70
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX	71
Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH	73
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL	73
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD	74
New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA	75
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX	76
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA	76
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI	77
Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI	78
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV	79
Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI	80
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL	84
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA	84

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