Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Health Law Takes Bite Out Of California's Uninsured Population, Survey Finds
Los Angeles Times: Two-Thirds Of Uninsured Californians Gain Coverage After Obamacare Rollout
More than two-thirds of Californians uninsured before the Affordable Care Act now have coverage, a new report finds. “For people that didn’t have health insurance, California has been very successful in enrolling two-thirds of that group,” said Mollyann Brodie, a senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, which released the survey's findings Thursday. “But the group that is left is a harder-to-reach group.” (Karlamangla, 7/30)
San Francisco Chronicle: Two-Thirds Of State’s Uninsured Before Health Law Are Now Covered
Two-thirds of Californians who were uninsured before the Affordable Care Act went into effect now have health coverage, according to a study released Thursday. The nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation has followed more than 1,100 Californians who lacked health insurance as of September 2013 through the first two coverage enrollment periods, the latest of which ended in February. (Colliver, 7/30)
The Sacramento Bee: Affordable Care Act A Boon To Previously Uninsured, Study Finds
Despite political hurdles, the Affordable Care Act may be coming through on its promise to provide health coverage to uninsured Californians, suggested a study released Thursday by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation. (Caiola, 7/30)
The San Jose Mercury News: Obamacare: 70 Percent Of Previously Uninsured Californians Now Have Health Plans
Nearly 70 percent of California's previously uninsured adults have gained health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act -- and most of them say their health care needs are being met, according to the latest survey of the Kaiser Family Foundation. (Seipel, 7/30)
Kaiser Health News: California Survey: Newly Insured Satisified With Coverage, More Financially Secure
Americans have long stood out among residents of developed nations for how much they fret over, and are bankrupted by, health care costs. But well into the second year of expanded coverage under the Affordable Care Act, those worries have eased significantly in the nation’s most populous state. (Varney, 7/30)
