California Health Insurance Regions
In California, health insurance regions are set to help determine rates. Which of the California health insurance regions you reside in is one of the rating factors taken into consideration when determining your premium.
There are 8 different regions and the risks each poses for health insurance is determined by factors such as accessibility to health care, exposure to other risk factors, poverty levels, demographics and more.
No matter what California health insurance region you live in, the best way to get comprehensive, competitive quotes is by using an online quote comparison tool, like the free one above.
Northern And Sierra
County
Health Insurance
The Northern and Sierra Counties region includes 25 counties, which may up about 1.1 million in non-elderly population, with about 250,000 of them uninsured. 87.7% of people in this area are U.S. citizens. 80.1% of children and 69.3% of adults live in poverty in this region.
Greater Bay Area
Health Insurance
The Greater Bay Area region includes 9 counties, with an insurable population of over 6.1 million, and 896,000 of those with no insurance. 67.1% are U.S. citizens. 65.4% of its adults and 82.5% of its children live below the poverty level.
Sacramento Area
Health Insurance
The Sacramento Area includes 4 counties, which are comprised of 1.8 million people between birth and age 64. 252,000 of them have no insurance. 66.9% of children and 66.1% of adults live in poverty in this area. 76.1% of the population are American citizens.
San Joaquin Valley
Health Insurance
The San Joaquin Valley includes 8 counties, which are made up of over 3.3 million non-elderly people, of which 755,000 had no insurance. 81.4% of children and 79.7% of adults were considered to be living in poverty. 68% of the population only were American citizens.
Central Coast
Health Insurance
The Central Coast region includes 5 counties, which count for 1.9 million people under the age of 65; 385,000 of which do not have health insurance. Of those living below the poverty line, 85.8 were children and 74.9 were adults. Only 60.3% of those living in this region were U.S. citizens, less than the state average.
San Benito
Health Insurance
The San Benito region includes only San Benito county, and has a non-elderly population of only 53,000, of which 8,000 has no insurance. 84% of kids and 57.7% of adults live in poverty in this region.
Los Angeles County
Health Insurance
The Los Angeles County region includes only Los Angeles, and has a population base of over 9 million non-elderly people, with more than 2 million having no insurance. 87.8% of children and 76.5% of adults live below the poverty line in LA. Only 56.4% of the city’s inhabitants are American.
Southern California
Health Insurance
The Other Southern California region includes 5 counties and is comprised of a population under the age of 65, of over 8.8 million people. More than 1.8 million of them have no insurance. 79.3% of children and 70.9% of adults live in poverty here. 63.9% of inhabitants are U.S. citizens.
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Health Insurance Regions Now!
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**All of the statistics in this article are from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey.