Despite all the political battles, the Federal Health Care Reform Act may be coming closer to its promise of providing coverage for Californians. A survey from the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation says 68-percent of adults who didn’t have insurance were covered, after the second enrollment period that ended six months ago. That’s up ten-percent from the first enrollment period. Survey Associate Director Bianca DiJulio says many new enrollees have been sick….

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DiJulio says about a-fourth of new enrollees also feared penalties if they didn’t enroll. But the biggest draw is MediCal, since the Reform Act has greatly expanded eligibility. As for the remaining 32-percent who remain uninsured, she says many have lacked coverage for an extended period…

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DiJulio says many of these people are also undocumented immigrants. The survey also finds that only 49-percent of the recently insured said they still struggled with health care affordability.