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- Most Californians have health care coverage Close to 94% of Califiornians have health care insurance, an all-time high insured rate in 2022, according to an analysis by the California Health Care Foundation.
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Nov 1, 2023 · Health insurance status of the population of California 2021. As of 2020, around 7.5 percent of the total population of California was uninsured, while the largest part of California's...
Aug 7, 2023 · In 2021, 28.93% of California's population was covered by public health insurance plans funded by governments at the federal, state, or local level.
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- Background
- Various Factors Could Impact Coverage in 2023
This brief looks at health care coverage in California; provides background on the drivers of the significant decline in the percent of Californians without health care coverage over the last ten years; and discusses various issues that could impact the number of Californians with coverage, and how the type of coverage they have may change, in cale...
Most Californians Have Health Care Coverage
As shown in Figure 1, we estimate that most Californians—92 percent—have comprehensive health care coverage. (Compared to other states, California’s rate of health care coverage is roughly in the middle—somestates have higher rates of health care coverage, while others have lower rates of health care coverage.) Employer‑sponsored insurance is the most common source of coverage. Major public health insurance programs, including Medi‑Cal, the state’s Medicaid program which provides health insur...
Percent of Californians Lacking Health Care Coverage Has Declined
Over the last decade, various state and federal policy changes have increased the number of Californians with comprehensive health care coverage. As shown in Figure 2, the percent of Californians lacking comprehensive health coverage declined from over 19 percent in 2013 to roughly 8 percent in 2022. The most significant declines are associated with the Federal Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act (ACA)—most of the provisions of which became effective in 2014. In the paragraphs below, w...
Impacts of the ACA
As noted earlier, the ACA brought about significant changes to the provision of health care coverage in California. Notably, the ACA gave states the option to expand Medicaid eligibility and establish health benefit exchanges. Expanded Eligibility for Medi‑Cal.Prior to the ACA, childless adults generally were not eligible for Medi‑Cal regardless of income. By opting in to an optional provision of the ACA, California was able to expand Medi‑Cal eligibility to most adults with incomes under 138...
In the sections below, we discuss various factors that could impact the percent of Californians enrolled in comprehensive health care coverage in 2023, including federal and state policies, inflation, and potential increases in unemployment. Notably, federal policies will put substantial downward pressure on the Medi‑Cal caseload while increasing C...
Our data are from the 2019 and 2020 California Health Interview Surveys (CHIS), representing the decade following the enactment of the Patient Protection and Afordable Care Act of 2010, also known as the ACA or “Obamacare.” Most of the health insurance expansions took full efect in 2014.
Aug 1, 2020 · An analysis of data from the California Health Interview Survey shows that more Californians had health insurance than ever before in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet critical disparities in coverage persist, and coverage gains may slow, or even reverse, as pandemic policies wind down.
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Feb 23, 2022 · While most Californians have comprehensive health insurance, an estimated roughly 3.2 million people (about 8 percent) in the state lack such coverage in 2022—including people who are uninsured or have “restricted‑scope” Medi‑Cal that only covers emergency‑ and pregnancy‑related health services. However, these figures do not ...
