(Los Angeles Times) Latinos aren’t the only sore spot for Covered California heading into Monday’s enrollment deadline for Obamacare coverage.
Very few African Americans have signed up statewide, and there’s not much time to address the lackluster turnout. Wednesday, state officials reiterated that Monday remains the deadline for open enrollment. But the state will give Californians until April 15 to finish their application if they start it before midnight Monday.
Thus far, fewer than 3% of health plan enrollees identify themselves as African American, and that number hasn’t budged in weeks. About 17% of African Americans in California are uninsured, and overall they constitute about 7% of the state’s population.
