Healthy Marin

Why is this important?
Access to comprehensive, quality health care services is important for promoting and maintaining health, preventing and managing disease, reducing unnecessary disability and premature death, and achieving health equity for all Americans.

“If you are a person who has economic insecurity, you have to think whether it's worth it to take the day off, or just muscle it back and say, ‘It's not that severe anyway.’ ”
—Key Informant

What the data say:

In Marin, 92% of adults ages 18-64 have health insurance and 98% of children have health insurance.
94% of Asian, 93% of White, 80% of Latinx, and 52% of Black/AfricanAmerican residents have a usual source of health care.
13% of adults in Marin reported delaying or having difficulty accessing health care that they felt they needed.
People who recently gave birth and were covered by medical-Cal were less likely to have a pre-pregnancy usual source of care (64%) than those with private insurance (89%). Medi-Cal beneficiaries were also less likely to have prenatal care during their first trimester (86%) than those with private insurance (99%).

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