Posts Tagged by exchange
Affordable Care Act Provisions for Consumers
| September 10, 2012 | Posted by John Connolly under Delivery Systems, Insurance Exchange, Medi-Cal, Public Coverage, The Uninsured |
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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was the most consequential piece of health care legislation in decades and remains deeply controversial among the American public more than two years after becoming law. Even though some individuals have strongly held opinions about the law, much of the public still has a relatively… more
August Exchange Board Meeting: Individual Market, SHOP, QHP and Service Center Options
| August 27, 2012 | Posted by Kiwon Yoo under Blog |
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August’s Exchange board meeting was packed to the proverbial gills, with several important topics on the agenda: premium aggregation, individual exchange agent payment options, SHOP recommendations, QHP policies, and service center options. During his Executive Director’s report, Peter Lee announced that the federal government had funded the Exchange’s Level 1.2… more
California’s Efforts to Implement an Affordable Insurance Exchange are Paying Off
| August 24, 2012 | Posted by Veronika Kiselev under Blog |
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Yesterday, Health and Human Services (HHS), Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Maryland, Nevada, New York and Vermont have received new grants to help support the establishment of Affordable Insurance Exchanges. See press release. Under the Affordable Care Act, the Exchange is responsible to increase the number… more
CPAC Host Capitol Briefing in Sacramento
| August 23, 2012 | Posted by Kandis Driscoll under Blog |
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The California Program on Access to Care (CPAC) hosted a policy briefing yesterday in Sacramento titled Laying the Groundwork for Health Reform: Challenges and Opportunities. The meeting included four presentations on subsidy repayment, engaging communities of color in the ACA, pent-up demand in California, and the integration of substance use… more
Basic Health Plan: Taking a Slow Deep Breath and Thinking of Alternatives
| August 23, 2012 | Posted by Lucien Wulsin under Insurance Exchange, Legislation/Policy, Medi-Cal, State |
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In the last few weeks, I have received many concerned inquiries about the Basic Health Plan (BHP). For lack of a better definition, a Basic Health Plan is a hybrid, – not Medi-Cal, not Medicare, not commercial insurance – an option for states to cover individuals with incomes between 133%… more
July Exchange Board Meeting: QHP Policies
| July 23, 2012 | Posted by Kiwon Yoo under Blog |
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The July 23 Exchange board meeting was held in Oakland, the second time the board convened outside of Sacramento. The focus was on Qualified Health Plan (QHP) policies and service center options. During the Executive Director’s report, Peter Lee summarized progress on the Federal Level 1.2 Establishment grant, the CalHEERS… more
The Puzzling Mystery of Shifting 0.9M Healthy Families Children into Medi-Cal
| July 17, 2012 | Posted by Lucien Wulsin under Legislation/Policy, Medi-Cal, State |
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The Governor and the California legislature agreed to shift about 900,000 moderate-income children from Healthy Families to Medi-Cal. The shift is part of the legislature’s efforts to balance the state’s nearly $16 billion budget shortfall.[1] However, this particular effort will cost the state far more than it saves, disrupt children… more
June Exchange Board Meeting #2: Service Center Options
| June 25, 2012 | Posted by Kiwon Yoo under Blog |
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The second board meeting in June was largely around service center design and options, which will be critical in providing toll-free customer support when the Exchange is operational. Prior to this discussion, Peter Lee summarized a draft of the Exchange by-laws and outlined the schedule for the upcoming months in his… more
In Praise of the Affordable Care Act – The Exchange
| June 20, 2012 | Posted by Lucien Wulsin under Blog |
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There have been widely reported, continuous attacks on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but relatively little review of its important progress. This series will summarize some of that progress here in California. This paper reviews the progress of the California Health Benefits Exchange – a purchasing pool for small employers… more
June Exchange Board Meeting #1: SHOP, Outreach, Assisters
| June 13, 2012 | Posted by Kiwon Yoo under Blog |
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In his Executive Director’s report, Peter Lee announced that Accenture had been awarded the CalHEERS grant for the Exchange’s IT system, and the board passed and adopted Resolution No. 2012-24, which allows the ED or his authorized designee to provide technical assistance on legislative proposals that affect or inform the… more
