UCLA Study Finds Many Lack Health Insurance
Underscoring the degree to which Californians lack health insurance, a study has found that three-fourths of the state’s legislative districts have uninsured rates exceeding the national average.
An analysis released Tuesday by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that 60 of 80 Assembly districts and 29 of 40 Senate districts have uninsured rates above the national average of 17%.
Reflecting associations between the uninsured and poverty and ethnicity, the report found Senate and Assembly districts with higher uninsured rates were mainly in Los Angeles, Inyo, Kern, San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside, Imperial and San Diego counties. The San Joaquin Valley and the South San Francisco Bay area also had higher rates.
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