Posts Tagged by ACA
Summary and Analysis of SB X1 3 (Hernandez)
| April 9, 2013 | Posted by Lucien Wulsin under Insurance Exchange, Legislation/Policy, Medi-Cal, Public Coverage, State |
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The summary is available for download: This is the Administration’s effort to authorize bridge plans (i.e. Medi-Cal managed care plans that participate in the Exchange for limited purposes). HHS issued guidance that “bridge plans” could be authorized for two purposes: 1) allow individuals who lost their Medi-Cal coverage to… more
Summary of Federal Rules on Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to the States
| April 8, 2013 | Posted by Lucien Wulsin under Federal, Legislation/Policy, Public Coverage |
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Download the report here: Summary of Final Federal Rules on FMAP (Federal Medical Assistance Percentage) to the States for the Newly Insured Medi-Cal Eligibles. 42 CFR 433, CMS 2327 FC, RIN 0938-AR 38 Under the ACA (Affordable Care Act), states receive 100% FFP (federal financial participation) for the new Medicaid… more
Summary and Analysis of Milliman Report on the Impact of the Affordable Care Act’s Underwriting Reforms and the Exchange on Individual Health Insurance Premiums in California
| April 1, 2013 | Posted by Lucien Wulsin under Insurance Exchange, Legislation/Policy, State, The Uninsured |
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The full report is available for download: The Affordable Care Act makes a number of changes to assure access for everyone to the individual market; these include guaranteed issue, guaranteed renewal, no pre-existing condition exclusions, essential health benefits, refundable tax credits and the Exchange (a purchasing pool for individuals). Features… more
ITUP’s Chart of Small Employer and Individual Underwriting Reforms
| April 1, 2013 | Posted by Lucien Wulsin under Legislation/Policy, Medi-Cal, Public Coverage, State |
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The following chart displays the small employer and individual underwriting reforms that are contained the Assembly Bill X1 2 and Senate Bill X1 2. more
Summary and Commentary on AB X1 2 (Pan) and SB X1 2 (Hernandez)
| April 1, 2013 | Posted by Lucien Wulsin under Legislation/Policy, State |
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The following paper provides ITUP’s Commentary on Assembly Bill X1 2 (Pan) and SB X1 2 (Hernandez), health care reform bills that will help protect consumers and expand coverage. more
Summary and Commentary ABX1 1 (Perez) and SBX1 1 (Hernandez & Steinberg)
| March 14, 2013 | Posted by Lucien Wulsin under Legislation/Policy, Medi-Cal, State |
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The following paper provides ITUP’s Commentary on Assembly Bill X1 1, which was introduced in the California Assembly by Speaker John A. Perez, and Senate Bill X1, which was introduced in the California Senate by Senator Ed Hernandez and Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steingberg. more
CMS Study Finds Health Spending Growth Rate Remains Low for Third Consecutive Year
| January 16, 2013 | Posted by John Connolly under Blog, Health Financing, Public Coverage, The Uninsured |
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Health Affairs published a recent study from the Office of the Actuary of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the investigators found that total spending on health care in the United States was $2.7 trillion in 2011 and grew 3.9% from 2010 to 2011. This rate of growth… more
Thoughts on the Medicaid Expansion in CA
| January 15, 2013 | Posted by Lucien Wulsin under Legislation/Policy, State |
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This report is also available for download: Last week, the Governor proposed that we use the new federal Affordable Care Act funds available to expand[1] the Medicaid program in one of two ways: 1) the state would contract with managed care plans for their care or 2) the state would… more
Free Contraception Dramatically Lowers Unintended Pregnancies
| October 5, 2012 | Posted by Kiwon Yoo under Blog |
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A study by a team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis found that access to free contraception decreased unintended pregnancies, teen pregnancy rates, and abortion rates. Over the course of three years, the researchers provided 9,256 adolescents and women at risk for unintended pregnancy with two types of… more
