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Covered California Hits Record Enrollment, but Key Subsidies in Jeopardy
Enhanced federal subsidies and more state aid for out-of-pocket costs have made health insurance purchased through California鈥檚 marketplace more affordable. It’s unclear if the incoming Republican Congress will extend the enhanced subsidies beyond 2025.
Covered California alcanza r茅cord de inscripciones, pero peligran subsidios clave
La principal preocupaci贸n de los funcionarios de Covered California es la inminente expiraci贸n de los subsidios federales adicionales para pagar las primas de los seguros.
Longtime Head of L.A. Care To Retire After Navigating Major Medi-Cal Changes
John Baackes, who steered Medi-Cal鈥檚 largest health plan following the Affordable Care Act expansion, and later prepared it for a state overhaul of Medi-Cal, will retire after this year. Baackes believes low payments to doctors and other providers, along with an acute labor shortage, hamper Medi-Cal鈥檚 success.
Los l铆deres legislativos hab铆an presionado a Newsom, tambi茅n dem贸crata, para que canalizara los ingresos fiscales hacia la reducci贸n de los costos de la atenci贸n sanitaria.
Covered California to Cut Patient Costs After Democratic Lawmakers Win Funding From Gov. Newsom
California鈥檚 health insurance exchange will reduce how much some patients pay for care next year, including hospital deductibles, appointment copays, and prescription drugs. Lawmakers pressed Gov. Gavin Newsom to make good on a four-year-old pledge to use proceeds from a tax penalty on uninsured people to help people pay for treatment.
Los l铆deres dem贸cratas dijeron que la t谩ctica de Newsom de retener el dinero para el fondo general es una “estafa”.
California Governor and Democratic Lawmakers at Odds Over Billions in Health Care Funds
Gov. Gavin Newsom is getting pressure from his political allies to begin spending money on health care that the state raised by fining Californians who go without health insurance. But Newsom says the state can鈥檛 afford to.
Trabajadores comunitarios persuaden a inmigrantes mayores de tener cobertura de salud
Hasta octubre, el mes m谩s reciente para el que hay disponibles datos, m谩s de 300,000 adultos mayores inmigrantes que no tienen residencia legal se hab铆an inscrito en el Medi-Cal completo, un 30% m谩s que la proyecci贸n original del estado.
Community Workers Fan Out to Persuade Immigrant Seniors to Get Covered
California has enrolled into Medi-Cal more than 300,000 older immigrant adults lacking legal residency since May, but the state doesn鈥檛 know how many more might be eligible. Community workers are now searching for them.
California Explores Private Insurance for Immigrants Lacking Legal Status. But Is It Affordable?
Nearly half a million Californians without legal residency make too much to qualify for Medicaid yet they can鈥檛 afford to buy coverage. A state lawmaker is proposing to open up the state鈥檚 health insurance exchange as a first step to providing them affordable insurance.
Many Families With Unaffordable Employer Coverage Now Eligible for Covered California Subsidies
If family coverage on an employer-sponsored plan is too expensive, a worker鈥檚 spouse and dependents may be eligible for Affordable Care Act subsidies under a new federal rule.
California quiere producir su propia insulina para bajar su alto costo, 驴lo conseguir谩?
La administraci贸n del gobernador Gavin Newsom se帽al贸 que aproximadamente 4 millones de californianos han sido diagnosticados con diabetes, una enfermedad que puede destruir 贸rganos, la vista y llevar a amputaciones si no se controla. La meta es prevenirlo con insulina m谩s econ贸mica.
California Wants to Slash Insulin Prices by Becoming a Drugmaker. Can It Succeed?
Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed spending $100 million to make insulin affordable to millions of people with diabetes under a new state generic drug label, CalRx. But state officials haven鈥檛 said how much the insulin will cost patients or how the state will deal with distribution and other challenges.
KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat the Health?鈥: A Conversation With Peter Lee on What鈥檚 Next for the ACA
Amid covid-19, the potential overturn of Roe v. Wade, and a war in Europe, the Affordable Care Act has been flying under the radar in 2022. But this will be a pivotal year for the federal health law. Unless Congress acts, millions of Americans could see their costs for coverage rise dramatically as expanded subsidies expire. At the same time, the end of the public health emergency could boost the uninsured rate as states disenroll people from Medicaid. Peter Lee, who recently stepped down as the first executive director of the largest state-run ACA insurance marketplace, Covered California, has thought long and hard about how the ACA came to be, how it鈥檚 been implemented, and what should happen to it now. He joins host and KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner for a wide-ranging discussion on the state of the ACA.
Listen: Generous Deals, and a Few Unwanted Surprises, at Covered California
Southern California correspondent Bernard J. Wolfson answers questions about the health coverage deals available on California鈥檚 Affordable Care Act marketplace during Radio Biling眉e鈥檚 news program 鈥淟铆nea Abierta.鈥
Covered California鈥檚 Insurance Deals Range From 鈥楴o-Brainer鈥 to Sticker Shock
Families of four with incomes of less than about $40,000 a year can pay no premiums and have low deductibles. For some others, health insurance in 2022 will cost more than in 2021 鈥 in some cases, significantly more.
Leader of California鈥檚 Muscular Obamacare Exchange to Step Down
Peter Lee helped create Covered California, which has been lauded as a national example among the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 insurance marketplaces, and he fiercely opposed Republican efforts to repeal the federal health reform law.
California Stands to Lose Big if US Supreme Court Cancels Obamacare
California has more at stake than any other state should the U.S. Supreme Court strike down the Affordable Care Act. Millions of people could lose their health coverage and the state could lose billions in federal money each year.
Fiscal general de California: los jueces deben ver que ACA es “indispensable”
Respaldado por m谩s de 20 estados, Xavier Becerra defiende la ley contra el desaf铆o presentado hace dos a帽os por una coalici贸n de funcionarios estatales republicanos.
Justices Bound to See ACA as 鈥業ndispensable,鈥 Says Californian Leading Defense
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could overturn the Affordable Care Act. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who is defending the law with the backing of more than 20 other states, told California Healthline that he predicts the justices will uphold it.
