During the establishment of California’s Health Benefit Exchange, Covered California, Consumers Union has played a vital role in providing stakeholder input from the consumer perspective, often in partnership with other California advocacy organizations.
Below are all comment letters submitted to Covered California from 2011 onwards.
March 2015
- CU Letter: Joint Letter to Covered California and DHCS on the CalHEERs 24-Month Roadmap (March 2015)
January 2015
August 2014
July 2014
May 2014
- CU Comment: Joint Comments from Consumers Union and other California Advocates on Covered California’s New Proposed Regulations on Special Enrollment Periods (May 2014)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter from Consumers Union to Covered California on Identity Proofing (May 2014)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter to Covered California on the 2015 Budget (May 2014)
April 2014
March 2014
February 2014
January 2014
- CU Letter: Letter from Consumers Union to Covered California on its Income Verification Notices to Consumers (January 2014)
- CU Letter: Letter from Consumers Union and other Advocates Supporting Covered California’s Staff Recommendation to offer Pediatric Dental in Embedded Plans (January 2014)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter to Covered California on the 2015 Plan Benefit Design (January 2014)
December 2013
November 2013
- CU Letter: Joint Letter from Consumers Union and other California Advocates to Covered California on MAGI Eligibility Standards and the CalHEERS/SAWS Interface (November 2013)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter from Consumers Union and other California Advocates on Covered California’s Proposed 2015 Benefit Design (November 2013)
October 2013
- CU Letter: Joint Letter Commenting on Covered California’s Identity Proofing Policy (October 2013)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter to Covered California Commenting on its Revised Identity Proofing Policy (October 2013)
September 2013
- CU Letter: Joint Letter Commenting on Covered California’s Latest Version of the Draft Application for Health Insurance (9/8/13) (September 2013)
- CU Letter: Letter from Consumers Union Commenting on Covered California’s Draft Regulations for Plan-based Enrollers (September 2013)
August 2013
- CU Letter: Joint Letter Commenting on Covered California’s Training Modules for Outreach and Education Grantees and Assisters (August 2013)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter to Covered California Regarding Proposed Family Policy Requirement (August 2013)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter Commenting on Covered California’s Draft Paper Application for Insurance Affordability Programs (August 2013)
July 2013
- CU Letter: Joint Letter to Covered California commenting on Version 3.1 of the “Plan Based Enrollers Guidelines” (July 2013)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter from Consumers Union to the California Health Benefit Exchange Regarding Transparency in Qualified Health Plan Contract Negotiations (July 2013)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter Commenting on Covered California’s Draft Paper Application for Insurance Affordability Programs (July 2013)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter on Covered California’s Pediatric Dental Benefit Policy (July 2013)
- CU Comment: Joint Comments on Proposed Regulations Governing Eligibility and Enrollment for Covered California (July 2013)
June 2013
- CU Letter: Joint Letter Commenting on Covered California’s Demonstration of its Web-Based Consumer Portal (June 2013)
- Recommendations for Fair Premium Payment Policies and Practices (June 2013)
- CU Letter: Letter from Consumers Union to Covered California Regarding Tax Preparer Conflict of Interest Issue (June 2013)
May 2013
- CU Letter: Joint Letter Following May 24 Meeting with Covered California and the Department of Healthcare Services (May 2013)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter from Consumers Union and other California advocates on Proposed Regulations Recommended by Covered California Staff Governing Eligibility and Enrollment (May 2013)
- CU Letter: Joint comments on Covered California’s Plan-Based Enrollment Guidelines (May 2013)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter on Covered California’s Board Proposal Prohibiting Financial Compensation of Enrollment Agencies by Agents (May 2013)
April 2013
- CU Letter: Joint Letter on Topics Addressed at Covered California’s April 11 Meeting of the Plan Management and Delivery System Reform Stakeholder Advisory Group (April 2013)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter from Consumers Union and other California Advocates on California’s Verification Plan for Medicaid MAGI-based Eligibility (April 2013)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter from Consumers Union and other California Advocates on the Application, Eligibility, and Enrollment Process for Covered California and Medi-Cal through CalHEERS (April 2013)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter from Consumers Union and California Pan-Ethnic Health Network on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Proposed Rules on Navigators and Non-Navigator Assistance Personnel (April 2013)
- Recommendations for Establishing and Maintaining Online Security in Health Insurance Exchanges (April 2013)
March 2013
- CU Letter: Joint Letter from Consumers Union and other advocates on Covered California’s Proposed Minimum Data Elements for Health Coverage Applications (March 2013)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter from Consumers Union and other California Advocates on California’s Proposed new Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment Systems (March 2013)
- CU Comment: Joint Comments from Consumers Union and other advocates on Covered California’s Proposed Minimum Data Elements for Health Coverage Applications (March 2013)
- CU Comment: Comments from Consumers Union and other California Advocates on California’s Proposed New Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment Systems (March 2013)
February 2013
- CU Letter: Joint Letter on Covered California’s Service Center Protocols (February 2013)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter on Covered California’s Assisters Program (February 2013)
January 2013
- Recommended Privacy Committments for Covered California’s CalHEERS Security and Privacy Framework (January 2013)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter on Covered California’s Proposed Qualified Health Plan Model Contract (January 2013)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter on Covered California’s Plan Management and Delivery System (January 2013)
- CU Letter: Covered California’s Bridge Plan Recommendations Brief (January 2013)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter on Covered California’s Proposed Service Center Protocols (January 2013)
- CU Letter: Covered California Board Options Brief on Affordability and Safety Net Continuity (January 2013)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter from CU and California Pan-Ethnic Health Network regarding proposed rule implementing the Multi-State Plan (MSP) Program for Exchanges (January 2013)
- CU Comment: CalHEERS Enterprise Security and Privacy Framework (January 2013)
- CU Comments: Joint Comments on the Business Services Definition for the CalHEERs, Statewide Automated Welfare Systems (SAWS), and Medi-Cal Eligibility System (MEDS) Interface (January 2013)
November 2012
- CU Letter: Joint Letter on Benefit Designs released October 30, 2012 (November 2012)
- CU Letter: Joint letter on CalHEERS IT System SHOP Requirements Request for Comments (November 2012)
- CU Letter: Joint letter on CalHEERS IT System Business Requirements Request for Comments (November 2012)
- CU Comment: Joint comments on CalHEERS IT system SHOP business requirements request for comments (November 2012)
- CU Comment: Joint comments on CalHEERS IT system business requirements request for comments (November 2012)
October 2012
- CU Letter: Joint Letter on QHP standard benefit design (October 2012)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter on Draft Qualified Health Plan Request for Proposals (October 2012)
- CU Letter: Employer and Employee Choice in the SHOP (September 2012)
September 2012
- CU Letter: Service Center’s Role in Medicaid Assessments (September 2012)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter on branding and impact on billing and premium payments (September 2012)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter on Value-based Insurance Design Options (September 2012)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter on Stakeholder Engagement (September 2012)
August 2012
- CU Letter: Premium Aggregation Proposal for the California Health Benefit Exchange (August 2012)
- CU Letter: Qualified Health Plan Options for California Health Benefit Exchange (August 2012)
- CU Comments: SHOP Employer/Employee Choice and Agent Payments (August 2012)
June 2012
- CU Letter: Business Plan and Level 1.2 Grant from the California Health Benefit Exchange (June 2012)
- CU Letter: Assister Program Recommendations and Business Plan (June 2012)
- CU Comments: Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Options (June 2012)
- CU Comments: Service Center Options (June 2012)
May 2012
- CU Comments: Outreach and Education Options (May 2012)
- CU Comments: Individual Market Agent Payment Options (May 2012)
- CU Comments: Statewide Assister Program (May 2012)
March 2012
- CU Comments: Qualified Health Plan, Benefit Design, and Promoting Delivery System Reform for California Health Benefit Exchange (March 2012)
- CU Comments: Initial Comments on Marketing and Outreach Issues for California Health Benefit Exchange (March 2012)
January 2012
- CU Letter: Health Plan Management and Delivery System Reform – California (January 2012)
- CU Letter: Joint Letter on IT Solicitation for CalHEERS (January 2012)
December 2011
- CU Letter: Cover letter to comment matrix on developing a technology system for the California Exchange (December 2011)
- CU Letter: Cover letter to comment matrix on developing a technology system for the California Exchange (December 2011)
- CU Comments: Chart on developing a technology system for the California Exchange (December 2011)