Month: March 2020
COVID-19 Resource List and ITUP Update
March 18, 2020
ITUP has been tracking the COVID-19 pandemic since it emerged in late 2019. This pandemic is revealing major challenges and gaps within the United States’ systems of disease prevention and care that particularly affect the uninsured. Staff will be working remotely with full…
Read MoreLegislative Update: 2020 Introduced Legislation
March 13, 2020
The deadline for introducing legislation in the second year of the 2019-20 legislative session was February 21, 2020. This ITUP Legislative Update offers a preliminary review of newly introduced legislation, as well as two-year bills eligible for consideration that affect health…
Read MorePublic Option in California
March 12, 2020
In his 2020-21 proposed budget, Governor Gavin Newsom called for policy options to “strengthen enrollment, affordability, and choice in Covered CA,” (referred to in the budget as the state’s public option), as well as efforts “to leverage the statewide network of existing…
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