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Health23 Aug 2026

Becerra, running for governor of California, faces a health insurance problem

The nation's uninsured rate hit a historical low when Xavier Becerra was health secretary. Now he wants to be California's next governor as Trump's actions have driven people off health insurance.

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The nation's uninsured rate hit a historical low when Xavier Becerra was health secretary. Now he wants to be California's next governor as Trump's actions have driven people off health insurance. By the time Democrat Xavier Becerra left Washington, D.C., more Americans than ever had health insurance, owing partly to his work over the years to pass, defend, and expand the Affordable Care Act. It's an achievement the former congressman and U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services often touts as he campaigns for California governor against Republican Steve Hilton, a former Fox News commentator. But should Becerra cruise to victory in November, as polling suggests, he will face what may be the steepest decline in health insurance coverage in a generation, one that will land especially hard in his home state. By 2030, the number of uninsured Californians under 65 is expected to nearly double from 2.4 million to 4.6 million as recently enacted state and federal cuts to Medicaid and ACA marketplaces begin to roll back historic gains in health coverage, according to a May analysis by the University of California, Berkeley Labor Center.

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uninsured rate hit a historicalCollocation

อัตราการประกันไม่ประกัน ต่อยอดประวัติศาสตร์.

From the storyThe nation's uninsured rate hit a historical low when Xavier Becerra was health secretary.

was health secretaryCollocation

เป็นรัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงสาธารณสุข.

From the storyThe nation's uninsured rate hit a historical low when Xavier Becerra was health secretary.

have driven people off healthCollocation

ได้ขับไล่คนออกจากสุขภาพ.

From the storyNow he wants to be California's next governor as Trump's actions have driven people off health insurance.

had health insuranceCollocation

มีประกันสุขภาพ.

From the storyBy the time Democrat Xavier Becerra left Washington, D.C., more Americans than ever had health insurance, owing partly to his work over the years to pass, defend, and expand the Affordable Care Act.

owing partly to his workCollocation

เป็นส่วนหนึ่งเพราะการทํางานของเขา.

From the storyBy the time Democrat Xavier Becerra left Washington, D.C., more Americans than ever had health insurance, owing partly to his work over the years to pass, defend, and expand the Affordable Care Act.

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