CAHP Statement: California’s Uninsured Expected to Increase by 500,000 to 1.2 Million Without Coverage Requirement: CAHP Urges Support for Coverage Requirement and Increased Subsidies
During today’s Covered California Board meeting, analyses provided by Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) and UCLA/UC Berkeley CalSIM show that the number of California’s uninsured is estimated to increase by 500,000 to 1.2 million. This is due to the federal government’s decision last year to eliminate the individual mandate to buy health insurance and to halt Cost Sharing Reductions (CSR’s) for low income individuals and families.
Issue Spotlight: States Across the Nation Are Proposing State-Level Individual Mandates To Stabilize Their Healthcare Marketplaces
Issue Spotlight: States Across the Nation Are Proposing State-Level…
CAHP Statement: Drug Price Transparency Legislation Sweeping Across The Nation, Post-SB 17
California's 2017 passage of first-of-its-kind prescription drug price transparency legislation in the United States ushered in a new era of public reporting on egregious prescription drug price hikes - and other states are following suit.
CAHP Fact Sheet: We Bring – California’s Health Plans Working for You
CAHP Fact Sheet: We Bring - California’s Health Plans Working…
CAHP Infographic: 2018 CA Voter Survey: Californians Are Satisfied With Their Health Plans
CAHP Infographic: 2018 CA Voter Survey: Californians Are Satisfied…
CAHP Statement: CAHP Launches ‘We Bring’ Campaign
CAHP today launches the “We Bring” education campaign to raise awareness about how health plans are serving a critical role in the state’s health care system and driving satisfaction for their members.
In Case You Missed It – Asbury Park Press: New Jersey Lawmakers Approve Health Insurance Mandate
On April 12, 2018, the New Jersey legislature approved legislation to require all New Jerseyans to have health insurance. The bill, if signed by Democratic Governor Phil Murphy, would reinstate the individual mandate that the federal government repealed late last year. That federal mandate will officially expire in 2019. Other states are also considering legislation to enact state-level individual mandates.
CAHP Statement: CAHP Names New Vice President of State Programs
CAHP today announced Wendy Soe's promotion to Vice President of State Programs. Ms. Soe will lead CAHP's advocacy efforts related to government health coverage programs.
Issue Spotlight: Elimination of the Individual Mandate: What it Means for California
Issue Spotlight: Elimination of the Individual Mandate: What…
CAHP Statement: CAHP Supports Enacting a State-Based Individual Mandate
In the wake of the federal government’s November, 2017 decision to eliminate the individual mandate to buy health insurance effective in January, 2019, the California Association of Health Plans is urging state leaders to enact a state-based individual mandate as a way to stabilize California’s health care marketplace and protect the significant gains California has made under the Affordable Care Act.
Your Plan Your Advocate Fact Sheet: Health Plans 101: Covering California's Essential Benefits