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ITUP Blog: 2024 Legislative Round Up
October 4, 2024
This year, Governor Newsom signed 84 percent of the bills that crossed his desk by the September 30, 2024, deadline. Here is a round-up of some significant health and health-related bills signed into law and some vetoed (shown in italics).
Read MoreAskCHIS Reveals New Categories on Industry and Occupation Indicators
September 22, 2016
Last week, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research announced that the Center’s AskCHIS online database now allows for review of health data by industry and occupation. AskCHIS – an online query system that provides health statistics at the county, regional, and state level – relies on the responses of more than 50,000 Californians interviewed annually by […]
Read MoreCalifornia Leads Nation in Reducing Uninsured: Highlights from New U.S. Census Report
September 15, 2016
California ranks number one among states in reducing the ranks of the medically uninsured according to a new report released on Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The report, “Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2015” features data from two of the Census Bureau’s annual surveys, the Current Population Survey Annual Social and the Economic […]
Read MoreCovered California August Board Meeting
August 24, 2016
After a month-long break, the Covered California Board reconvened for its monthly meeting on August 18, 2016. Covered California provided updates on media coverage and enrollment numbers for Covered California for Small Business (CCSB). Board members approved readoption of the requirements for the certified application counselor program and individual eligibility and enrollment regulations. Covered California […]
Read MoreCovered California Announces Preliminary Rates for 2017
July 22, 2016
Covered California’s announcement about anticipated rate increases for the 2017 rate year is reverberating across the political landscape of health care reform. The proposed increases are yet to be reviewed by state regulators, but the possibility of an average rise of 13.2% stands in stark contrast to the first two years of single-digit increases for […]
Read MorePresident Obama Takes Stock of Reform
July 13, 2016
In a nontraditional role for a sitting President, “Barack Obama, JD” entered a Special Communication in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reflecting on the passage and impact of his signature legislative endeavor, the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Read MoreCovered California June 2016 Board Meeting
June 27, 2016
Covered California board members met on June 16, 2016. Executive Director Peter Lee updated board members on the Section 1332 State Innovation waiver and Covered California for Small Business enrollment numbers. Board members also approved a revised Covered California $320 million budget and approved modifications to the high deductible health plan standard benefit designs. Finally, […]
Read MoreIn the Lead-up to Medi-Cal for Undocumented Children, California’s Community Health Centers Weigh-In
June 7, 2016
California’s community clinics and health centers (CCHCs) highlight early challenges and successes in enrolling eligible children in a recent issue brief by Pacific Health Consulting Group (PHCG) with support from the Blue Shield of California Foundation.
Read MoreMay 2016 Legislative Summary
May 24, 2016
Dozens of health care bills have been moving through the California Legislature in the second half of the 2015-16 legislative session. As of this writing, many of the bills are on temporary hold in the Suspense files of the Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committee pending further action. The two fiscal committees tag bills with state […]
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