California – 6.9 million who lacked insurance in 2012 were in a family with a full-time worker

Almost half of the 6.9 million Californians who lacked insurance in 2012 were in a family with a full-time worker, according to a new report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

The State of Health Insurance in California report also found that the number of adult workers with job-based health insurance declined between 2009 and 2012. Full-time workers saw a drop of 2.9 percentage points to 63.6 percent and part-time workers dropped 2.2 points to 39.6 percent.

The report is based on data from the 2011-12 California Health Interview Survey, which is the nation’s largest state-based health survey and one of the largest health surveys in the United States. Because the data were collected just before full implementation of health care reform, the latest State of Health Insurance in California report will serve as a baseline to gauge the effects of the Affordable Care Act.

“Health care reform filled a huge and growing gap in job-based insurance,” said Shana Alex Charles, lead author of the study and director of the Health Insurance Program at the Center for Health Policy Research. “Sadly, health insurance is no longer a guarantee provided by many employers.”

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Full-time employment with no health benefits was a trend for workers in 2012.