Health Coverage Options

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Health Coverage Options

• Phil Lebherz, Executive Director
• July 19th, 2006

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Todays Presentation

• Foundation for Health Coverage Education
• Mission Statement
• The Uninsured
• Demographics and the true numbers
• Health Insurance Options
• Affordability and Availability
• How to use the Free FHCE resource tools to
  navigate your health care options
• Health Care Options Matrix
• Finding Health Care Coverage in California
  Booklet
• Web Site and the Eligibility Tool
• Uninsured Help Line
• Presentations, Workshops and CEs

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Foundation for Health Coverage Education
Mission Statement
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Uninsured in California Breakdown
6.7M Considered Uninsured
Public Program Eligible BUT NOT SIGNED UP

( 2,972,000 )
50K Annual Income( Majority of Self-Insured )

( 2,156,000 )
Temporarily Uninsured
( 652,000 )


Long-Term Uninsured
Source February, 2005 Blue Cross Blue Shield
Association analysis of the Census Bureaus
Income, Poverty and Insurance Coverage report
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Multiple Programs Available
Healthy Families
HIPP HIPAA
Healthy Kids
Kaiser Cares For Kids
MRMIP
Youve heard ofMedi-Cal Have you heard of these?
CMSP
California Kids
RestrictedMedi-Cal
AIM
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The MatrixTM

• A quick reference guide for
• The Uninsured
• Business owners/HR
• Health professionals
• Governmentsocial services

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Finding Health Care Coverage in CaliforniaTM

• Easy-reading format
• Consumers
• Employees
• Patients

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Visit our web site www.CoverageForAll.org

• Find Services Via the Web
• Health Insurance Eligibility Tool
• Simply answer 6 questions to help determine which
  programs you and your family could qualify for
• Free Downloads
• Matrix
• Booklet
• Flyers

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Call the Uninsured Help Line ( 800 ) 234-1317
Speak with a live operator 24 hours a day, 7
days a week
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Customized Presentations, Workshops and Classes

• Here are just a few audience groups we can
  accommodate
• Health Care Providers and Professionals
• Social Workers
• Employers
• Human Resources Managers, Businesses
• Insurance Consumers (the uninsured)

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Research and Sources

• Visit www.CoverageForAll.org for more information
• To Buy or Not to Buy A Profile of Californias
  Non-Poor Uninsured by the California Healthcare
  Foundation and The Field Research Corporation
  www.CHCF.org
• Congressional Budget Office www.CBO.gov
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
  www.BCBSA.com
• National Institute for Health Care Management
  www.NIHCM.org

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Thank You