By Stephanie O'Neill, KPCC
Federal tax credits designed to make health insurance more affordable, starting next year, will help nearly 3 million Californians buy health insurance, according to a study issued Tuesday.
The report commissioned by Families USA -- a supporter of President Obama’s health care reforms -- says that more than 85 percent of all Californians who qualify for the federal tax credits live in families with at least one full- or part-time worker who doesn't receive employer-sponsored health insurance.
It also finds that 52 percent of Californians expected to qualify for the sliding-scale tax credits will come from middle-class families who earn up to $95,000 a year.
The biggest block of recipients -- about a million people -- live in Los Angeles County. About 100,000 people in Santa Clara County are expected to receive subsidies and about 75,000 people in Fresno County. (You can look up other counties in the report, on page 7. [PDF])