By: The Lewin Group, Inc
Published: March 31, 2002
Sponsored by: California Health and Human Service (CHHS) Agency
Financed by: U.S. Health Research and Services Administration (HRSA), SB 480, and the California Endowment.
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In February and March of 2002, The California Health and Human Services (CHHS) Agency sponsored four symposia around the state to introduce nine proposals to expand health insurance coverage in California. This was done as part of a grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) devoted to the development to proposals to expand health insurance coverage. As part of this effort, The Lewin Group was engaged to analyze the cost and coverage impacts of these proposals.
Each of the proposals is detailed and complex. To simplify the discussion, we have divided these plans into three groups. Five of the proposals would attempt to expand voluntary coverage incrementally through existing public and private sources of coverage (Figure 1). Another two of the plans would establish an obligation for employers to contribute to the cost of covering their workers and their dependents. We also analyzed three plans that would achieve universal coverage by creating a single-payer public program to administer health insurance coverage for all Californians.