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Press and Media Media Clips COVERED CALIFORNIA BOARD CLIPS June 25, 2019 – Aug. 6, 2019 Since the June 26 board meeting, Gov. Newsom and the California legislature passed new initiatives which will give hundreds of thousands gaining health coverage and provide new financial assistance. Also, Covered California released its preliminary rates for 2020 with a statewide average rate change of 0.8 percent. Nationally, the Affordable Care Act is again being challenged in the courts and the “Cadillac Tax” was repealed. COVERED CALIFORNIA PRESS RELEASES AND REPORTS California’s Initiatives Will Lead to Hundreds of Thousands Gaining Health Care Coverage With Lower Premiums and New Financial Help, July 9, 2019 ........................ 5 Covered California Releases Regional Data Behind Record-Low 0.8 Percent Rate Change for the Individual Market in 2020, July 19, 2019 .............................................. 10 PRINT Articles of Significance California individual insurance rates to increase slightly, Associated Press, July 9, 2019 ..................................................................................... 16 Covered California says consumers will see lowest-ever premium hike for individual policies, Sacramento Bee, July 9, 2019 ...................................................................................... 17 Covered California premiums to rise by smallest-ever amount, San Francisco Chronicle, July 9, 2019 .......................................................................... 20 With ACA’s Future In Peril, California Reins In Rising Health Insurance Premiums, Kaiser Health News, July 9, 2019 ................................................................................. 21 Covered California premiums to jump less than 1 percent in 2020, Politico Pro, July 9, 2019 ............................................................................................... 25 California expects leveling off of premiums following Obamacare expansion, Washington Examiner, July 9, 2019 .............................................................................. 27 COVERED CALIFORNIA Media Clips • August 2019 1 Q&A: State HHS Secretary Mark Ghaly, Politico Pro, July 18, 2019 ............................. 29 Covered California health rates rising 6.6% in SF — highest in the state, San Francisco Chronicle, July 19, 2019 ........................................................................ 34 Sacramento area’s insurance rates will rise 1.8 percent in 2020; some will see savings, Sacramento Bee, July 19, 2019 .................................................................................... 35 Covered California’s health insurance premiums slated for small increase in North Bay, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, July 22, 2019 .................................................................. 37 How California Is Moving the Needle on Coverage and Costs: An Interview with Covered California Leaders, NASHP, July 29, 2019 .................................................................... 39 Covered California rates set to climb 4.6% in Ventura County, Ventura County Star, July 25, 2019 ............................................................................... 43 Marin’s rates to rise 1.1% in state health insurance exchange, Marin Independent Journal, Aug. 2, 2019 ..................................................................... 44 California Legislature OKs health insurance mandate, Associated Press, June 25, 2019 .................................................................................. 46 New Budget Boosts Health Coverage For Low-Income Californians, Kaiser Health News, June 25, 2019 .............................................................................. 47 The Lessons of Washington State’s Watered Down ‘Public Option’, New York Times, June 27, 2019 ................................................................................... 50 Legal experts: Court's new Obamacare inquiry likely won't doom law, Politico, June 27, 2019 .................................................................................................. 53 Trump, California governor spar over immigrant health care, Associated Press July 1, 2019 ...................................................................................... 55 Biden vows to bring back Obamacare’s individual mandate penalty for not having insurance, CNBC, July 5, 2019 .................................................................................... 56 Appeals court puts Trump abortion restrictions on hold again, Associated Press, July 3, 2019 ..................................................................................... 58 5 ways Trump is undermining Obamacare without the courts CNN, July 5, 2019 ......................................................................................................... 59 COVERED CALIFORNIA Media Clips • August 2019 2 Appeals Court Seems Skeptical About Constitutionality of Obamacare Mandate, New York Times, July 9, 2019 ....................................................................................... 61 The Health 202: A judge ruled Trump administration can't mandate drug prices in TV ads, Washington Post, July 9, 2019 .............................................................................. 65 Hospitals Block ‘Surprise Billing’ Measure In California, California Healthline, July 11, 2019 ............................................................................... 67 Erasing Obamacare Could Undermine Trump’s Own Health Initiatives, New York Times, July 11, 2019 ..................................................................................... 69 Rising health insurance deductibles fuel middle-class anger and resentment, Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2019 ................................................................................. 71 House Democrats join Republicans to repeal Obamacare’s ‘Cadillac tax’, Washington Post, July 17, 2019 .................................................................................... 76 Column: How Obamacare brought health coverage to the people, in four amazing charts, Los Angeles Times, July 18, 2019 ..................................................................... 78 Trump Win on Health Plans Advances Effort to Undo Obamacare, Bloomberg, July 19, 2019 .............................................................................................. 80 Politicians Tackle Surprise Bills, but Not the Biggest Source of Them: Ambulances, New York Times, July 22, 2019 ..................................................................................... 83 Column: New data show that failing to expand Medicaid has led to 16,000 unnecessary deaths, Los Angeles Times, July 22, 2019 .................................................................... 86 Medi-Cal providers voice concerns on Newsom drug purchasing overhaul, Politico Pro, July 24, 2019 ............................................................................................. 89 Despite calls to start over, US health system covers 90%, Associated Press, July 28, 2019 ................................................................................... 91 States make backup plans for Obamacare — but lack federal money to make them work, Politico Pro, July 30, 2019 ................................................................................... 93 KFF Health Tracking Poll - July 2019: The Future of the ACA and Possible Changes to the Current System, Preview of Priorities Heading Into 2nd Democratic Debate, Kaiser Family Foundation, July 30, 2019 ...................................................................... 96 COVERED CALIFORNIA Media Clips • August 2019 3 US to set up plan allowing prescription meds from Canada, Associated Press, July 31, 2019 ................................................................................... 97 Health Insurers Walk Delicate Line Against Democrats’ Health Proposals, Wall St. Journal, July 31, 2019 .................................................................................... 100 Editorial: Health care moves to the fore in 2020 election — while legal uncertainty looms, San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 1 2019 ........................................................................ 103 News Analysis: Democrats ask if Americans are ready to give up job-based health coverage, Los Angeles Times, Aug. 2, 2019 ............................................................... 105 New Jersey: State sets course for state-based health insurance marketplace for 2020, Politico Pro, Aug. 5, 2019 ............................................................................................ 109 Column: Health insurance companies are useless. Get rid of them, Los Angeles Times, Aug. 5, 2019 ................................................................................ 110 COVERED CALIFORNIA Media Clips • August 2019 4 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2019 California’s Initiatives Will Lead to Hundreds of Thousands Gaining Health Care Coverage With Lower Premiums and New Financial Help California’s individual market will see a preliminary rate change of 0.8 percent in 2020, which is the lowest change since Covered California’s launch, due to new state affordability initiatives designed to lower costs and encourage enrollment. An estimated 922,000 people — including many middle-income Californians — will be eligible from a first-in-the-nation expansion of financial help that builds on the Affordable Care Act and lowers the costs of their health care coverage. Covered California projects that lowering
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