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ITUP Essential Health Benefits Legislative Toolkit
February 26, 2025
EHBs ensure that all Covered California health plans provide a standardized level of care, protecting individuals and families from gaps in coverage.
Read MoreNew Data Reveals that Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Coverage are Narrowing Under the Affordable Care Act
October 31, 2018
According to newly released California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) 2017 data, disparities in health care coverage across race and ethnic subgroups have narrowed with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Read MoreUPDATE: California Strategies: Covering California’s Remaining Uninsured and Improving Affordability
October 8, 2018
This updated issue brief analyzes policy proposals advanced in 2018 to move the state closer to universal coverage by focusing on the challenges many Californians face.
Read MoreProposed Federal Rule on Immigrants and Public Charge Fact Sheet
October 3, 2018
The ITUP fact sheet briefly describes existing federal law on public charge and health care programs, the proposed changes, and the impact on immigrants’ access to health care programs in California.
Read MoreProposed Federal Rule on Immigrants and Public Charge
September 28, 2018
In late September 2018, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security released a proposed rule to change the factors affecting a “public charge” determination for immigrants to the U.S. The proposed rule represents a dramatic shift in immigration policy and could prevent many low-income immigrants from reuniting with their families in the U.S.
Read MoreCalifornia’s Uninsured Rate is 7.2 Percent, According to New Census Data
September 13, 2018
A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows California continued to make progress in reducing the number of uninsured in 2017. Census Bureau figures show that between 2016 and 2017, the number dropped by 47,000, leaving 2.8 million uninsured, or 7.2 percent of the population.
Read MoreCalifornia’s Health Care Safety Net
June 26, 2018
ITUP is pleased to release a new report, California’s Health Care Safety Net, the first in a new ITUP series, Health Policy Essentials, highlighting the basics on California health care programs and policy issues. This first issue brief focuses on the programs, providers and populations that make-up the state’s health care safety net for low-income and underserved communities.
Read MoreCalifornia Strategies: Covering California’s Remaining Uninsured and Improving Affordability
June 7, 2018
This issue brief analyzes policy proposals advanced this year to move the state closer to universal coverage by focusing on the challenges many Californians face.
Read MoreRemaining Uninsured in California (Revised and Updated, April 2018)
April 27, 2018
California fully embraced the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) with dramatic results. California’s uninsured rate is
currently at just 7 percent overall and 8.1 percent among those under 65 years old. In the years prior to the ACA,
California’s uninsured rate hovered between 16 and 19 percent.