Researchers Float California Public Option, With a Twist

Although multiple states have set up some version of a public option — a government-established insurance plan — on their Affordable Care Act exchanges, two researchers are striving to convince policymakers to consider a public option program in California that they say will more effectively enhance competition and bring down premiums.

The “secret sauce” of the proposal is the state’s existing “delegated model,” in which provider organizations take on some or all the financial risk associated with delivering health care services, according to Stephen Shortell, Ph.D., a health policy professor at University of California, Berkeley.

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Leslie Small

Leslie Small

Leslie has been reporting and editing in various journalism roles for nearly a decade. Most recently, she was the senior editor of FierceHealthPayer, an e-newsletter covering the health insurance industry. A graduate of Penn State University, she previously served in editing roles at newspapers in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Colorado.

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