Wednesday, October 28, 2009
UCLA's Center for Health Policy Research, numbers disclose that one in five Californians have no health insurance coverage. Statewide that form amounts to some 6.5 million residents. These results came in tandem with news of small improvements in public health insurance enrollment for children as well as the availability of job-based benefits for adults.
In California in 2005 the reported percentage of adults getting health insurance benefits as part of their employment climbed to 56.2 percent over the 55.1 percent reported in 2003. While these figures make known a positive trend, they are not yet back on par with the 2001 figure of 57 percent.
Some 10.7 percent of children in the state went during all or part of 2005 without any health insurance coverage, an improvement from the 2001 figure of 14.8 percent. The UCLA survey analysis indicated that of the population of children going with no medical coverage, some 50 percent may be qualified for public assistance programs but their parents and guardians are not making the necessary applications to have them enrolled.
In California in 2005 the reported percentage of adults getting health insurance benefits as part of their employment climbed to 56.2 percent over the 55.1 percent reported in 2003. While these figures make known a positive trend, they are not yet back on par with the 2001 figure of 57 percent.
Some 10.7 percent of children in the state went during all or part of 2005 without any health insurance coverage, an improvement from the 2001 figure of 14.8 percent. The UCLA survey analysis indicated that of the population of children going with no medical coverage, some 50 percent may be qualified for public assistance programs but their parents and guardians are not making the necessary applications to have them enrolled.
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