June 27, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Employer-provided health insurance in state and local government

Participation in health care coverage for state and local government employees, in percent, by full time and part time status, 1998 and 2011
Benefit	1998		2011
Benefit	Full-time employees	Part-time employees	Full-time employees	Part-time employees
Medical care	86	37	82	18
Dental care	60	31	54	13
Vision care	43	17	35	9
Outpatient prescription drug coverage	84	33	81	18

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