Friday, October 06, 2006
One in every five California residents are without health insurance, according to a study released today by UCLA's Center for Health Policy Research.
The statistic comes even as more researchers are now finding marginal improvements in the job-based health insurance for adults and public health program enrollment for children. In all, the study approximates about 6.5 million residents, statewide, lack health insurance.
The percentage of adults who received health insurance through their employers has increased to 56.2 percent during 2005, up from 55.1 percent in 2003. The authors credit the state's current firm labor market for this increase, but note that this figure is actually behind the 2001 level of 57 percent. The study predicts that this development is unlikely to continue given the unsteadiness of employment-based insurance in the face of growing costs.
posted by kanth
@ 2:32 AM
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