Employer Sponsored Health Insurance In Ca

The percentage of workers in California with employer-sponsored health? insurance coverage declined from 56.4% in 2001 to 54.3% in 2005,Health And Beauty according to a study released Wednesday by the University of California-Los Angeles Center for Health And Beauty Policy Research.

The Los Angeles Times reports Health And Beauty. The study found that 80% of uninsured employees either worked for employers who did not offer health coverage or were ineligible to receive health benefits Health And Beauty.

Twenty percent of uninsured workers did not enroll in available employer-sponsored health plans Health And Beauty; most cited high costs as their reason for turning down coverage Health And Beauty. The study also found that premiums increased by 66% for family coverage through employer-sponsored plans from 2001 to 2005.

The study attributes the decline to enrollment increases in Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program Health And Beauty; Healthy Families; Health And Beauty and county-based insurance programs. About one in three California children are insured through such programs,Health And Beauty according to the Times.