The UC Berkeley Labor Center has released two briefs that help
illuminate the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on
California and its counties. The first brief examines the
data on Medi-Cal enrollment through the ACA, as well as how many
Californians receive subsidized health care coverage through
Covered California. The brief includes a county-by-county
breakdown of both populations, as well as the number of uninsured
residents by county.
A
second brief estimates the scope of the economic losses that
California would incur if the ACA is repealed. It concludes that
the net effects on California of an ACA repeal would include
209,000 lost jobs, $20.3 billion in lost GDP, and $1.5 billion in
lost state and local tax revenue.
The brief includes the projected net job loss and projected net
GDP loss in California and in select counties. The counties
examined were medium and large counties with more than 10% of the
population enrolled in the Medi-Cal Expansion, which are Fresno,
Kern, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and
Tulare.
