On Thursday, Covered California announced that over 1.7 million individuals have signed up to receive healthcare coverage during the 2023 open enrollment process. This announcement comes as Medi-Cal eligibility redeterminations are set to begin on April 1st, with millions of Californians estimated to lose coverage. Covered California is the state’s health insurance marketplace that offers … Read more
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, California received an increase in Medicaid funding under the condition that disenrollments would be postponed for as long as the federal COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) remained active, which allowed millions of Californians to remain on Medi-Cal during the unprecedented health crisis. But with the Federal Consolidated Appropriations … Read more
Covered California, the state’s health insurance marketplace, is providing opportunities for Californians to sign-up for health insurance through special enrollment. Special enrollment allows Californians to sign up for health insurance and obtain financial assistance to lower the cost of monthly premiums, even though open enrollment ended on Jan. 31st. “Californians can still protect themselves and … Read more
Allison Pease began her new position as assistant general counsel and director of the Office of Legal Affairs at Covered California on January 17th. Pease previously served as the deputy director of the Office of Legal Affairs, where she worked on complex healthcare law and policy. Covered California is the state’s health insurance marketplace that … Read more
A bill requiring Covered California to reduce cost sharing requirements will soon be signed into law. On Wednesday, Senate Bill 944 passed its final floor reading in the Assembly and moved back into the Senate, which concurred with Assembly amendments. The bill would require Covered California to provide health care affordability assistance to … Read more
In case you missed it, we recently released the Topical Agenda for the 2022 Los Angeles State of Reform Health Policy Conference coming up on Sept. 22nd! If you haven’t already registered, you can do so here. We’re currently working to curate speakers for each panel, so keep your eye out for a full list of conference speakers when we release … Read more
In addition to a 6% increase in health insurance premium rates, Covered California announced last week that it has added a 13th health plan to the marketplace and expanded the coverage zones of 2 existing health plans for 2023. As reported in a news release, Aetna CVS Health will begin offering coverage in … Read more
Last week, Covered California announced a 6% preliminary average statewide premium rate increase for 2023, which will apply to the majority of the 2.3 million people enrolled in California’s individual market. This will include the over 1.7 million enrolled in health insurance through Covered California after this year’s open enrollment period, as well as those … Read more
With the American Rescue Plan (ARP) set to expire at the end of this year, Covered California continues to urge federal action to extend ARP subsidies before renewal and open enrollment periods begin. An updated analysis by Covered California states that an estimated 220,000 Californians could become uninsured as ARP’s increased and expanded federal financial … Read more
A bill intended to protect the health insurance coverage of workers involved in a labor dispute and their families moved out of the Assembly Committee on Health this week. Assembly Bill 2530, sponsored by Asm. Jim Wood (D–Eureka), would require Covered California to administer a financial assistance program to help Californians obtain and … Read more