SB 2 Will Extend Coverage to 1 Million Uninsured Workers and Dependents

This fact sheet provides estimates of the number of uninsured workers and uninsured dependents (spouses and children of workers) who would be eligible for coverage under the provisions of SB 2. It addresses the two phases of SB 2 — the number of uninsured eligible persons for firms with 200 or more employees starting in 2006 and other eligible workers in smaller firms starting in 2007 — and draws conclusions about the overall impact of the bill. Information provided in the fact sheet is based on analyses of data from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2001), supplemented with analyses of the March 2001 and 2002 Current Population Survey to provide estimates for relevant factors not included in CHIS 2001.