This resource identifies potential overlap between the federal benefit mandate requiring health insurance coverage of some preventive services and California state benefit mandates.
Resource
Benefit mandates
Preventive Services
State and Federal Law
Federal Recommendations and the California and Federal Preventive Services Benefit Mandates
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.
Issue Brief
Preventive Services
Health Insurance Coverage
State and Federal Law
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.
Issue Brief
Preventive Services
Health Insurance Coverage
Mammography Mandates, Benchmark Plan Choices, and Essential Health Benefits