CHCF September 5, 2024
Almost everyone in California has health insurance.
That trend reflects about a decade and a half of policymaking designed to expand access to health care. The state’s average uninsured rate has dropped from nearly one in four Californians in 2009 to less than one in ten today.
At the start of 2024, Democratic lawmakers led California to become one of only two states in the nation to offer state-funded health insurance to all low-income undocumented immigrant Californians. It was a major milestone that allowed the state to start covering its largest remaining uninsured group.
Amid the state’s historically low uninsured rates, though, some gaps remain. They include undocumented families who earn too much money to qualify for state-supported insurance.
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