Media Clips COVERED CALIFORNIA BOARD CLIPS Jan. 14, 2021 – Mar. 9, 2021 Since the January board meeting, Covered California wrapped up open enrollment and announced a Special Enrollment Period in conjunction with President Joe Biden’s announcement to reopen the federal marketplaces. In March, Congress and President Biden also enhanced the Affordable Care Act subsidies via the American Rescue Plan. PRESS RELEASES Covered California Teams Up With Bay Area Mayors to Promote Coverage and Safe COVID-19 Practices as the State Experiences a Post-Holiday Pandemic Surge, Covered California, Jan. 15, 2020 ................................................................................... 5 California Joins President Biden in Responding to COVID-19 Pandemic by Announcing Special Enrollment to Help People Get Insurance, Covered California, Jan. 28, 2020 ................................................................................. 11 Covered California Launches New Television Ad Campaign to Reach Uninsured Californians During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Covered California, Feb. 15, 2021 ................................................................................ 16 PRINT Articles of Significance In Dr. King’s honor, California Black Doctors call for urgent action during COVID-19 crisis, Observer, Jan. 12, 2021 ..................................................................................... 20 In Dr. King’s honor, California Black Doctors call for urgent action during COVID-19 crisis, San Bernardino American, Jan. 12, 2021 ........................................................... 20 In Dr. King’s honor, California Black Doctors call for urgent action during COVID-19 crisis, Black Voice News, Jan. 13, 2021 ....................................................................... 20 In Dr. King’s honor, California Black Doctors call for urgent action during COVID-19 crisis, L.A. Focus, Jan. 13, 2021 ................................................................................... 20 In Dr. King’s honor, California Black Doctors call for urgent action during COVID-19 crisis, Our Weekly, Jan. 14, 2021 ................................................................................. 20 COVERED CALIFORNIA Media Clips • March 2021 1 In Dr. King’s honor, California Black Doctors call for urgent action during COVID-19 crisis, Pasadena Journal, Jan. 14, 2021 ....................................................................... 20 CoveredCA Record Number Plan Selections, Precinct Reporter Group, Jan. 21, 2020 ........................................................................ 22 People who still need health insurance have until Sunday to enroll in a plan through Covered California, KNX News Radio – Los Angeles, Jan. 26, 2021 ............................ 26 Covered California to Offer Special Enrollment Period, Associated Press, Jan. 28, 2021 ................................................................................... 26 CA Announces Special Enrollment To Help People Get Health Insurance, Asian Journal, Jan. 30, 2021 ........................................................................................ 27 California stands to win big as Biden and Democrats embrace Obamacare expansion, Los Angeles Times, Feb. 4, 2021.................................................................................. 30 California joins Biden with special enrollment to help people get insurance, Village News, Feb. 11, 2021 ......................................................................................... 33 Biden's special Obamacare enrollment period opens Monday. Here's what you need to know, CNN, Feb. 15, 2021 ............................................................................................ 37 Covered California launches TV ad campaign to reach the uninsured, KMPH-26, Fresno, Feb. 15, 2021 ................................................................................. 41 Help still available for uninsured people, Santa Barbara News-Press, Feb. 16, 2021 ................................................................... 43 Covered California opens special enrollment period with new $6 million marketing campaign, ABC-7 Redding, Feb. 16, 2021 .................................................................... 43 Due to COVID-19, Covered California’s Special Enrollment on Now Through May 15 for Anyone Without Health Coverage, Black & Magazine, Feb. 16, 2021 .......................... 45 How Covid-19 could make Americans healthier, Politico, Feb. 18, 2021 ...................... 47 African Americans Urged to Enroll in Health Plans, Los Angeles Sentinel, Feb. 18, 2021 ............................................................................ 55 Covered California's special enrollment extended: What this means to consumers, Redding Record Searchlight, Feb. 19, 2021 ................................................................. 57 Covered California launches new television advertising campaign, Our Weekly, Feb. 19, 2021 ........................................................................................... 58 COVERED CALIFORNIA Media Clips • March 2021 2 EXCLUSIVE(ish): @CoveredCA (sort of) releases final 2021 Open Enrollment report: +6% y/y, ACASignups.net, Feb. 26, 2021 ..................................................................... 60 Editorial: Congress wants to make health insurance more affordable — but only for some, and only temporarily, Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2021 .................................. 61 Obamacare premiums go down under the COVID relief bill. Here’s who will benefit, Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2021 ............................................................................... 62 ACA Federal Marketplace Sees 7% Enrollment Increase in 2021, Healthpayer Intelligence, Jan. 14, 2021 ........................................................................ 66 States Can Exit Obamacare Exchange in 2022 Under Final Rule, Bloomberg Law, Jan. 14, 2021 ..................................................................................... 68 Biden to Have Tough Time Withdrawing Obamacare, Medicaid Waivers, Bloomberg Law, Jan. 22, 2021 ..................................................................................... 69 Why Trump Lost The Election: Health Care, Forbes, Jan. 22, 2021 ............................. 72 Biden to reopen ACA insurance marketplaces as pandemic has cost millions of Americans their coverage, Washington Post, Jan. 28, 2021 ......................................... 74 Biden plans to reopen Obamacare exchanges in many states., New York Times, Jan. 27, 2021 ................................................................................... 78 5 ways Biden plans to reset health care, CNN, Jan. 28, 2021 ...................................... 79 Opinion: Biden is already trying to reverse Trump’s assault on healthcare. He has a long way to go, Los Angeles Times, Jan. 29, 2021 .............................................................. 83 How Obamacare Survived Trump and What Biden Might Do Next, Washington Post, Feb. 4, 2021 .................................................................................... 85 In ‘Do-Over,’ Enrollment in Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Reopens, New York Times, Feb. 5, 2021 ...................................................................................... 87 Democrats push temporary Obamacare expansion in Covid bill, Politico, Feb. 8, 2021 .................................................................................................... 90 Broad Coalition of Health Industry Groups Calls for Obamacare Expansion, New York Times, Feb. 10, 2021 .................................................................................... 91 Biden administration asks Supreme Court to save Obamacare, flipping Trump arguments, CNN, Feb. 10, 2021 .................................................................................. 93 Affordable Care Act subsidies likely to increase under congressional plan, Washington Post, Feb. 10, 2021 ................................................................................... 94 COVERED CALIFORNIA Media Clips • March 2021 3 If the Supreme Court Ends Obamacare, Here’s What It Would Mean, New York Times, Feb. 10, 2021 .................................................................................... 98 ‘Obamacare’ sign-ups reopen as Democrats push for more aid, Associated Press, Feb. 14, 2021 ................................................................................ 103 The ACA Marketplace Is Open Again for Insurance Sign-Ups. Here’s What You Need to Know., Kaiser Health News, Feb. 16, 2021 ................................................................ 105 The Democrats Have An Ambitious Agenda. Here’s What They Should Learn From Obamacare., FiveThirtyEight, Feb. 17, 2021 ............................................................... 108 Why Biden Has a Chance to Cut Deals With Red State Holdouts on Medicaid, Kaiser Health News, Feb. 17, 2021 ............................................................................. 110 Opinion: COVID relief bill would offer more relief on health insurance premiums too, Los Angeles Times, Feb. 17, 2021 .............................................................................. 113 Next Year, Extend Open Enrollment Of The ACA Marketplaces Into January, Health Affairs, Feb. 18, 2021 ....................................................................................... 116 What Democrats Can Learn From Obamacare, According To Barack Obama, HuffPost, Feb. 21,