The California Senate and Assembly Health Committees convened informational hearings on the American Health Care Act in Fresno and San Diego, respectively. The hearings, to the hearing held in Kern County earlier this year, included an overview about health care delivery in California, followed by presentations focused on the impact of the AHCA in California….
Read More »This has been an action-packed week for the American Health Care Act (AHCA), which was met with increased resistance. Several amendments were introduced to appease the concerns of the Freedom Caucus, that the AHCA does not do enough to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Congressional Budget Office released their updated budget score of…
Read More »Policy committees continue to build momentum as they heard a number of bills this week. Looking ahead, fiscal bills must be heard in the policy committee of their house of origin by April 28, while the deadline for non-fiscal bills is May 12. The legislature will leave for Spring Recess on April 6 and returning…
Read More »We are excited to announce that the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and the San Francisco Department of Public Health were awarded national public health accreditation status by the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) last week. To date, nine of California’s local health departments have achieved accreditation status, in addition to the California…
Read More »CHEAC has signed onto a joint letter in collaboration with CSAC, CAPH, CBHDA, CMSP and CWDA in opposition to the House Republican repeal and replacement proposal, better known as the American Health Care Act (ACHA). The letter highlights our concern around eliminating the Prevention and Public Health Fund, eliminating the enhanced federal match, and placing…
Read More »The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), released a preliminary fiscal analysis of the Medicaid provisions included in the House Republican repeal and replacement bill, the American Health Care Act (AHCA). According to the department, the federal proposal would result in nearly $6 billion ($4.3 B GF) in costs to California in 2020, increasing…
Read More »This week, Seema Verma was sworn into office as the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Verma and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price cosigned a letter to state Governors intended to affirm their partnership in improving Medicaid and those served by the program. However, the letter perhaps signals key…
Read More »On Monday, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services, challenged the Administration’s use of revenues from Proposition 56 (Tobacco Tax) to cover growth in Medi-Cal costs. Members of the Subcommittee inquired about the Department of Finance and the Department of Health Care Services’ plans to meet the growth in Medi-Cal costs…
Read More »Yesterday, the House Budget Committee advanced the House Republicans’ American Health Care Act (AHCA), with a vote of 19 to 17, with Democrats and three Republicans voting ‘no’. The AHCA advanced despite the release of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score this past Monday, which estimates 14 million people would become uninsured in 2018, increasing…
Read More »Policy Committees have started up in earnest in each house this week and will begin to pick up the pace in the weeks to come. As bills of particular interest are heard in committee, updates will be provided. CHEAC also provides updates in our legislative bill chart, which, can be found here. Also, the CHEAC…
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