After nearly achieving universal healthcare, millions of Californians are losing coverage

TWO YEARS AGO, California hit a milestone decades in the making: Nearly every person in the state qualified for health insurance, regardless of immigration status and income, pushing the state’s insured rate to a record 95%. Now that progress is unravelling.

Facing budget shortfalls and new federal restrictions, state leaders have begun rolling back the coverage system they built. Analysis at the UC Berkeley Labor Center and UCLA Center for Health Policy Research projects California’s uninsured rate could nearly double, to almost 15%, by 2030.