Tag: Affordable Care Act
ITUP ACA Watch, Issue 2 — Congressional Budget Office Scores the American Health Care Act
March 16, 2017
The second Issue in the series provides information and analyses on the independent, nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) review of the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The GOP proposed AHCA would dismantle significant portions of the federal Affordable Care Act. This ACA…
Read MoreGovernor Signs SB 10 — Legislation Aimed at Allowing Undocumented Californians to Buy Coverage in the State Exchange
June 14, 2016
Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 10 (Lara) which requires Covered California to seek federal approval allowing undocumented Californians to buy health coverage through the exchange. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibits undocumented persons from buying coverage or receiving subsidies…
Read MoreReflections on the 6th Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act
March 23, 2016
Today we mark six years since passage of the landmark federal Affordable Care Act (ACA). This is an important opportunity to take time and acknowledge our collective efforts to embrace and fully implement the ACA and its coverage expansions. ACA implementation has essentially cut…
Read MoreOpportunities for California Under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act
February 16, 2016
ITUP's report, Opportunities for California Under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act, is now available. California has made great progress implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), with 6 million people newly enrolled in either Medi-Cal or Covered California since December…
Read MoreCovered California: Consumers Still Have Through Feb. 6 to Finish Their Applications
February 5, 2016
From Covered California's website: SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With three days left for consumers to finish their applications for affordable, quality health care coverage through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Covered California announced that more than 425,000 consumers…
Read MoreMedi-Cal 2020: ITUP's Analysis of California's New §1115 Waiver
February 1, 2016
Over the next couple of weeks, ITUP will be posting a number of papers analyzing the terms and conditions of the new §1115 waiver. These papers will look closely at the new requirements and their implications for the Medi-Cal program. Released Papers: Summary of the Terms and…
Read MoreAnalysis of §1115 Waiver Renewal: Whole Person Care Pilots
February 1, 2016
This is part of an ITUP series on the Medi-Cal 2020 §1115 waiver renewal. As health care systems are focusing on providing more efficient, high quality care, systems around the country are moving towards more integrated patient care. The addition of the Whole Person Care Pilots…
Read MoreAnalysis of §1115 Waiver Renewal: Managed Care Expansion and Demonstrations Continuation
February 1, 2016
This is part of an ITUP series on the Medi-Cal 2020 §1115 waiver renewal. The Medi-Cal program has grown from a caseload of 7.9 million beneficiaries in 2012-13 to a projected 13.5 million in 2016-17. About 10 million are currently enrolled in a managed care plan. The plans are…
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