California Lawmakers Considering Separate Marketplace for Vision Insurance

The California Legislature is considering a plan to establish a statewide marketplace for vision insurance that would be separate from but linked to Covered California.

AB 1877, by Assembly member Ken Cooley (D-Rancho Cordova), calls for the state to create a vision care access council that would contract with insurers to provide stand-alone coverage for vision care. The council and its processes would be modeled after the state’s new health insurance exchange and would seek to establish links to Covered California.

Now before the Senate Appropriatons Committee, the bill calls for funding for the new exchange to come from vision insurers, not the state.

We asked stakeholders about the pros and cons of Cooley’s proposal. We got responses from:

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<h1>California Lawmakers Considering Separate Marketplace for Vision Insurance</h1>
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			August 4, 2014		</time>
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<p>The California Legislature is considering a plan to establish a statewide marketplace for vision insurance that would be separate from but linked to Covered California.</p><p><a href="http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1877">AB 1877</a>, by Assembly member Ken Cooley (D-Rancho Cordova), calls for the state to create a vision care access council that would contract with insurers to provide stand-alone coverage for vision care. The council and its processes would be modeled after the state’s new health insurance exchange and would seek to establish links to Covered California.</p><p>Now before the Senate Appropriatons Committee, the bill calls for funding for the new exchange to come from vision insurers, not the state.</p><p>We asked stakeholders about the pros and cons of Cooley’s proposal. We got responses from:</p><ul><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/california-lawmakers-considering-separate-marketplace-for-vision-insurance/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/california-lawmakers-considering-separate-marketplace-for-vision-insurance/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/california-lawmakers-considering-separate-marketplace-for-vision-insurance/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20California%20Lawmakers%20Considering%20Separate%20Marketplace%20for%20Vision%20Insurance&body=https%3A%2F%2Fcaliforniahealthline.org%2Fnews%2Fcalifornia-lawmakers-considering-separate-marketplace-for-vision-insurance%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/california-lawmakers-considering-separate-marketplace-for-vision-insurance/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/california-lawmakers-considering-separate-marketplace-for-vision-insurance/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p>

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