In September of 2017, President Trump discussed his intent to sign an Executive Order to allow consumers to buy health insurance "across state lines". This policy snapshot provides an overview of efforts to introduce similar legislation federally and within California within the past 10 years, along with findings from CHBRP analyses of related California legislation and how the findings inform current discussion.
This policy snapshot is intended to help readers understand the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) federal contraceptive coverage mandate, California's more recent state coverage laws, and the variability between those laws.
This issue brief analyzes and compares the health services covered by the ten plans available to California as options for California's Essential Health Benefit (EHB) benchmark effective January 1, 2017.
This issue brief describes the choices California has made to comply with the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) pediatric dental and pediatric vision Essential Health Benefit (EHB) requirement.
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Pediatric Dental and Pediatric Vision Essential Health Benefits
This issue brief provides an example of how state benefit mandates could exceed Essential Health Benefits (EHBs) and how evidence-based analysis may inform discussions of whether to keep or repeal state benefit mandates that exceed EHBs, specifically looking at immunization coverage requirements.
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Immunization Mandates, Benchmark Plan Choices, and Essential Health Benefits
This issue brief demonstrates how state benefit mandates may exceed Essential Health Benefits (EHBs) and how evidence-based analysis of the impacts of such mandates may inform discussions of whether to keep or repeal them.
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Mammography Mandates, Benchmark Plan Choices, and Essential Health Benefits
This report analyzes evidence on the medical effectiveness of pediatric asthma self-management training and education (PASMTE) and the impact that mandated coverage under Assembly Bill (AB) 2185 would have on total health care costs, utilizations, and the public’s health.
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An Analysis of California Assembly Bill 2185: Mandating Coverage of Pediatric Asthma Self-Management Training and Education
This report documents the process used by the California Health Benefits Review Program (CHBRP) in assessing the public health impact of proposed health insurance benefit mandates.
External Publication
Assessing the Public Health Impact of State Health Benefit Mandates
This document outlines the cost and coverage model used for producing cost estimates of proposed health insurance benefit mandates for the California legislature.
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The California Cost and Coverage Model: Analyses of the Financial Impacts of Benefit Mandates for the California Legislature
This report identifies states that have laws requiring the review of mandated health insurance benefits and describes the various approaches states take in reviewing mandated benefits, as stated in the mandated benefit review (MBR) laws.
