Month: April 2018

Update: California Coverage and Access Legislation

April 27, 2018

The California Legislature this week completed the first round of policy committee hearings for 2018. This year, legislators are considering multiple bills to expand coverage, improve affordability of coverage and ensure access in underserved communities. The bills outlined below…

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Remaining Uninsured in California (Revised and Updated, April 2018)

April 27, 2018

California fully embraced the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) with dramatic results. California’s uninsured rate is currently at just 7 percent overall and 8.1 percent among those under 65 years old. In the years prior to the ACA, California’s uninsured rate hovered between…

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New CMS Data on ACA Marketplace Enrollment Shows Covered California Stays the Course

April 6, 2018

This week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released 2018 enrollment data for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces, easing fears that enrollment would drop significantly because of federal legislative and administrative efforts to undermine the ACA. Enrollment…

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