High Risk Pool Moving Rapidly Through Legislature
| June 18, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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Most of us know at least one person who has been denied health coverage because they have diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, a history of cancer or some other pre-existing condition. Fortunately, federal health reform included “guaranteed issue and renewability,” requirements that insurers accept applicants regardless of medical condition;… more
New Waiver Proposal Released
| June 16, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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The Department of Health Care Services has just released California’s most recent Section 1115 Waiver Proposal. Framed as “A Bridge to Reform,” the state intends the waiver to: (1) Phase-in coverage for the “newly eligible” adults aged 19-64 with incomes up to 133% of the federal poverty level (FPL) who… more
How to Improve Medi-Cal
| June 11, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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California Healthline recently asked a group of experts and thinkers the following three questions: (1) How can the Medi-Cal system be redesigned to not only deal with many more participants but to encourage a whole new portion of the state’s population to consider Medi-Cal as an option? (2) For many… more
Health Reform Is Our Best Option
| June 9, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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According to a new RAND study published Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs, the federal health reform law is the best and most politically feasible option to extend health coverage to the most Americans while keeping government costs low. RAND researchers analyzed more than 2,000 policy scenarios that differed on… more
More Federal Money on the Way?!
| June 8, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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First, some background… When President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (aka the federal stimulus) early in his presidency, states got a fiscal boost due to an increase in FMAP. FMAP is the ratio that the federal government pays towards states’ Medicaid programs. For instance, prior to the… more
More on the High Risk Pool
| June 8, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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With the state’s new high risk pool — providing coverage the those previously uninsurable due to preexisting medical conditions — set to be operational on July 1, 2010, I would like to refer readers of our blog to a previous ITUP analysis of the high risk pool. On March 26,… more
Implementing Health Reform
| June 7, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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As the summer warms up, California will be required to implement certain components of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka “health reform”). By July 1, 2010, a temporary, high-risk pool must be established to provide coverage to uninsured persons with pre-existing conditions that are not able to acquire… more
An Exchange on the Exchange
| June 4, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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A central, if not the most significant, component of the federal health health reform law is the requirement that states create Health Insurance Exchanges that must be launched by January 1, 2014 and self-sustaining by January 1, 2015. The law provides assistance in the form of planning grants so states… more
Hello, Readers!
| June 4, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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As many of you know, our beloved Adam Dougherty had his final day at ITUP last Friday and is now enjoying a few weeks of much deserved R&R before commencing medical school. We wish Adam all the best on this new adventure. You are already missed, Adam! For those I… more
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