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Healthcare Coverage 

Publicly funded insurance programs like MediCal are not universally accepted by healthcare providers, and the cost of treatment and preventative care put medical services out of reach of many women and girls. Local women are increasingly relying on publicly funded health insurance programs, or going without healthcare coverage, as employer-sponsored insurance is being reduced.

 

 

 

  • One-fourth of adult women in Monterey County (age 18 to 64) were without health insurance of any kind in 2009, up from only 16% in 2004.
  • One in every 4.6 (21.8%) was covered by some form of public insurance program (e.g., MediCal, Medicare, Healthy Families, etc.).
  • The number of local adult women with private health insurance dropped from 9% in 2005 to 3.5% in 2009.
  • Only about half of the women in Monterey County receive health insurance through an employer (49.2% in 2009), a rate slightly less than, but comparable to that reported in 2004 (52%) and 2008 (53%).

        (Source: California Health Interview Survey, 2009)