title: One-fifth of nonelderly Californians do not have access to job-based health insurance coverage.
abstract: Lack of job-based health insurance does not affect just workers, but entire families who depend on job-based coverage for their health care. This policy brief shows that in 2007 one-fifth of all Californians ages 0-64 who lived in households where at least one family member was employed did not have access to job-based coverage. Among adults with no access to job-based coverage through their own or a spouse's job, nearly two-thirds remained uninsured. In contrast, the majority of children with no access to health insurance through a parent obtained public health insurance, highlighting the importance of such programs. Low-income, Latino and small business employees were more likely to have no access to job-based insurance. Provisions enacted under national health care reform (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010) will aid some of these populations in accessing health insurance coverage.
authors.affiliation: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, UCLA School of Public Health and the UCLA School of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA.
authors.forename: Shana Alex
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Lavarreda
authors.forename: Livier
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cabezas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D004651:Employment; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D011203:Poverty; D014481:United States