What progress is being made in setting up its federally-mandated California state health insurance exchange?"
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1/19/2011--Passed House amended. Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act. Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the Act's enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by the Act's health care provisions. [more]
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how healthy is living in California?California fell three spots from its #23 ranking in 2009, and is now ranked as the 26th healthiest state to live in, according to the 2010 America's Health Rankings® by the United Health Foundation.
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State snapshot too large? Get county-by-county health rankings for California, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Population Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin.
California Major Risk Medical Insurance Program
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IMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting in 2010, California started offering health care insurance coverage to residents through the federally established temporary high-risk pool program. To find out more about California's participation, click here.
Risk pools are state-sponsored programs to help people with a history of medical problems in their family to purchase coverage. These pools are for people who can afford to buy health insurance, but are not able to get underwritten in the private market because of a pre-existing health condition. These programs can vary significantly from state to state in price, benefits and number of people served. Often insurance companies doing business in the state are required to contribute to the pool to keep it in the black. In the best cases, they allow people to be able to switch jobs or become self-employed without the fear of losing their health insurance coverage. Read more about risk pools here.
Cover The Uninsured is a national effort to highlight the fact that too many Americans are living without health insurance and to demand solutions from our nation's leaders. Read more information on its efforts. It is a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute has researched and written state-by-state guides for finding and keeping health insurance. It updates these guides as federal and state policies change. A number of non-profit organizations help fund its research. Learn more about the Health Policy Institute.
Review Georgetown's guide for California.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance is a private, non-profit organization that, among other things, provides health care plan report cards for consumers.
Go here to search for California health insurance plan report cards.
California Department of Health Care Services and California Department of Public Health – A 2007 reorganization has split into two the official government Web sites for departments responsible for health care services for Californians.
Medicare information from California State Department of Aging – State government resources for Californians needing help with Medicare and other government health insurance programs on federal, state and local levels.
Office of Multicultural Health, California State Department of Health Services – The state agency which tries to reduce inequality in health status, information and resources on multicultural health.
Consumer Information from the California State Department of Insurance – Health insurance topics and information geared specially for consumers.
California State Department of Insurance – Deals with issues of individual health insurance in California, as well as other types of insurance.
Health Access California – Health Access California is a non-profit organization dedicated to achieving quality, affordable health care for all Californians. For more than 15 years, Health Access has played a significant role in leading the movement for health care reform in California. Health Access has promoted universal health care proposals and advocated for specific incremental reforms that promise to provide immediate health care services to California's most vulnerable populations.
California Association of Health Plans – The Association promotes affordable health care for California consumers through legislative advocacy, informational communications and collaboration with other organizations.
California HealthCare Foundation – The foundation is an independent philanthropy committed to improving California's health care delivery and financing systems and to ensure that all Californians have access to affordable, quality health care.
Health Care for All–California – HCA is a nonprofit grassroots organization working for high quality, universal, single-payer health care.
Vote Health Coalition – Vote Health's mission is to win accessible, high-quality health care for everyone, regardless of legal status or ability to pay.
The GOP's proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act could wipe out critical consumer protections, cost savings, benefits for seniors (including preventive services and reduced prescription drug costs), and – hugely important – access to coverage for folks with pre-existing conditions. Find out how repeal of the Affordable Care Act would affect California consumers.
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Mother Jones – A new study shows that more pregnant women are dying in California. Among the possible contributing factors listed? A lower percentage (22 percent) of Californians with health insurance now have coverage for maternity services (compared to 82 percent in 2004).
amednews.com – Anthem Blue Cross and Aetna have submitted requests for premium increases in California that would be about half has extensive as a proposed 39-percent hike that drew fire from consumer groups and politicians earlier this year.
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