Uninsured Rate Tops 25% in San Joaquin Valley
More than 25% of residents younger than 65 who live in California's 18th Congressional District, which stretches from Stockton to Fresno, are uninsured, according to data released last week by the Center for Health Policy Research at UCLA. UCLA researchers said that the number of uninsured residents might have increased further since the data were collected in 2007 since unemployment has increased.
- "Uninsured Mountain Looms Over the Valley" (Goldeen, Stockton Record, 4/25).