9 in 10 Californians have health insurance, but federal policy changes signal turbulence ahead

​Just 8.5 percent of Californians under age 65 did not have health insurance in 2017, down from 15.5 percent in 2013, before the full expansion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — extending the state’s lowest-ever noninsured rate for a second year — according apolicy brief jointly produced by the California Health Care Foundation and theUCLA Center for Health Policy Research.Those findings are excerpted from thousands of new and updated data points in the latestCalifornia Health Interview Survey, which is conducted by the UCLA center and covers a broad range of health topics. For the 2017 edition, which includes responses from children, teens and adults in nearly 21,300 households, new topics included voter engagement, marijuana use by teens, prescription drug misuse by adults and child behavior. It is the largest single-state health survey in the U.S.► Access 2017 California Health Interview Survey data“The survey data give us a wide picture of the well-being of Californians,” said Ninez Ponce, director of the center and the survey ’s principal investigator. “With the legalization of recreational marijuana, more restrictions in immigration policy and expansion of health care coverage for all California children, the survey tracks how changes in both state and federal policies affect the lives of individuals and their fami lies in the state.”Insurance stability for most,  rebound in employer-sponsored plansAccording to the related polic...
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