Latest California Healthline Stories
Tribal Health Leaders Ask for Consistency, Assistance From Covered California
California tribal leaders and Covered California officials met to work on unique health coverage problems faced by American Indians ranging from inconsistent interpretations of eligibility to outreach among rural areas without Internet.
Website Glitches. Health Literacy Issues. How Navigators Navigated the ACA Launch
Organizations working to enroll consumers in coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges faced a number of challenges, including low consumer health literacy and technical glitches. As HHS reviews the next batch of grant recipients, there are still some questions about the role of navigators and how crucial they are to enrollment.
Brown Signs Exchange Board Diversity Bill
Covered California now can recruit board members based on computer or marketing expertise, rather than just health care policy knowledge, according to a bill signed into law by the governor.
Reaching Remaining Uninsured Will Be Difficult and Expensive, Experts Predict
A significant drop in the number of Californians without health insurance shows the success of Covered California and Medi-Cal expansion, but reaching the remaining uninsured will take careful analysis, enhanced outreach and funding, according to state health officials.
Calif. Latino Webinar Series Goes National
A series of Spanish language webinars designed to inform and engage Latino businesses in California is going national this month with a broader, less state-specific message about health insurance opportunities for small businesses through the Affordable Care Act.
Landmark Healthy San Francisco Remains Safety Net During Transition Period
San Franciscans unable to afford health coverage through Covered California can continue to receive care through the city’s universal health plan until 2015, while city officials work to create a subsidy program to satisfy federal mandates.
Analysis Spurs Changes in Covered California Outreach Strategy
When Covered California’s second enrollment period begins this fall, state officials hope to do a better job reaching out to Californians of color using lessons learned from a staff report on the first enrollment period.
Bill To Diversify Exchange Rolls Along
A few weeks after passing a Senate floor vote, a proposal to expand the credentials and capabilities of the Covered California board of directors has been approved by the Assembly health committee.
They Annoy Patients. They Scare Docs. But Narrow Networks Might Be a Good Thing.
With legal challenges, new market entrants and recent CMS regulations, narrow networks may be a little less narrow in year two of Affordable Care Act enrollment. But there are benefits to limited networks, experts say, and patients and doctors’ frustrations with the model may have been overstated.
From Leaders to Laggards: Why Some States Are Giving Up on Exchanges
Several states that wanted to lead on Obamacare implementation have conceded that they failed at the crucial task of rolling out their health insurance exchanges, and they are beginning to turn operations over to the federal government.