The health care industry is supporting a ballot initiative in the 2024 California election that would require money raised from a special tax on insurers to be used for Medi-Cal, the state’s insurance program for low-income households.
In a recent article in Managed Healthcare Executive, Peter Wehrwein examines the trend of self-funding of group health benefits by smaller employers who used to depend mainly or entirely on fully insured programs.
Both want to expand Children’s Health Insurance Program eligibility, but their approaches to charging low-income families premiums showcase an ideological divide.