ACA

Remembering Philip R. Lee

November 6, 2020

Xenia Shih Bion

Philip R. Lee, MD, a California health policy leader who mentored future physician leaders and helped establish the Medicare program in 1965, is dead at 96.

November 18, 2020

Webinar — Post-Election 2020: What’s Next for Health Policy?

Coverage Trends, Health Equity, Telehealth

November 18, 2020

This virtual briefing featured national health policy expert Billy Wynne, JD, who shared his post-election analysis on what we might expect in federal health policy in 2021.

This Legal Attack on the ACA Could Be the Big One

September 28, 2020

Xenia Shih Bion

Medi-Cal, Health Equity, Expanding Health Coverage

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Supporters of the landmark health care law are feeling uneasy about future rulings on it by the US Supreme Court.

How Many in Your Area Are Covered by the Affordable Care Act?

Katherine Wilson

Coverage Trends, Medi-Cal

This is an overview of the Affordable Care Act’s role in providing health care coverage to Californians, which is especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the ACA remains under threat. See how many people in your local area are covered under the ACA.

After Justice Ginsburg’s Loss, What a New Court Could Mean for the ACA

September 22, 2020

Expanding Health Coverage, Health Equity

Her death has led to a flood of questions about what comes next for the US Supreme Court and the country.

Court Vacates Federal Rule Rolling Back ACA Protections for LGBT Individuals

August 20, 2020

The ruling applies to would-be changes to the definition of discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sex stereotyping.

Rule Cutting ACA’s Transgender, Other Civil Rights Protections Called Into Question by Supreme Court

Timothy S. Jost

Expanding Health Coverage

The high court's landmark ruling protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination.

Overturn of ACA Would Wreak Havoc in Time of Pandemic

Xenia Shih Bion

Expanding Health Coverage, Coverage Trends, Medi-Cal

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Americans are watching warily as the US Supreme Court considers the future of the ACA.

The Affordable Care Act Turns 10

Xenia Shih Bion

Expanding Health Coverage, Coverage Trends, Medi-Cal

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Since 2010, the ACA has been folded into American life in myriad ways, reducing the number of people who are uninsured to historically low levels.

Ten Years After: The ACA’s Success in Five Charts

Anne Sunderland

Expanding Health Coverage, Medi-Cal, Coverage Trends

Happy birthday to the landmark law that reshaped the American health care system.

US Supreme Court Agrees to Review Affordable Care Act — for the Third Time

Xenia Shih Bion

Expanding Health Coverage, Medi-Cal, Health Care Costs

Stories That Caught Our Attention: If the health law is overturned, most Americans will be affected.

Covered California Enrollment Deadline Looms

January 27, 2020

Xenia Shih Bion

Expanding Health Coverage, Coverage Trends

Stories That Caught Our Attention: The deadline to enroll in a health insurance plan through Covered California is drawing near, but consumers this week can sign up and avoid the new state penalty.

Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Under the ACA

Caroline Au Yeung, Colin Planalp

Behavioral Health

The ACA mandated mental health and addiction coverage parity to beneficiaries in the individual and small-group markets and to Medicaid expansion beneficiaries. This brief, prepared by SHADAC with CHCF support, details how the ACA applied these mandates and presents estimates of the number of people affected.

Affordability on California’s Individual Market Under the ACA

Expanding Health Coverage, Coverage Trends

This issue brief explores trends in key data on the affordability of health coverage in California, to highlight both progress and remaining challenges to affordability on the state’s individual market under the ACA.

What the Texas v. Azar Ruling Means for the ACA and Health Coverage

December 18, 2018

Billy Wynne, Dawn Joyce

Expanding Health Coverage, Coverage Trends

A federal judge declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. Now what?