There has been an increase in the number of non-insured people in California due to the large number of job cuts. A jump of 25% in the level of uninsured people has stunned the researchers of University of California at Los Angeles, who have followed the figures for a decade. California’s unemployment rate rose to 12.3% in December which had been 5.7% some two years back.

Around 24.3% California’s population belonging to the age group of 65 and below was not insured in 2009. The number of uninsured children also grew with time.

Earlier, people in jobs would get assistance from their employers, giving a health coverage plan but following the recession, the conditions have turned weak. Now, people in California overcrowd the emergency rooms to receive free treatments from hospitals which, on the other hand, tend to burden those people who have or are likely to take up a health insurance plan with the increased rates of premium that the companies charge.

Texas and some other states of the nation also have high rates of unemployed people which have raised the level of uninsured in the country.