Small Business Group Comments on Covered California’s Dramatic Increase in Enrollment
Statement by Mark Herbert, Vice President, California for Small Business Majority, on Covered California’s 2020 enrollment numbers
Covered California’s 2020 enrollment numbers released today send a clear message that the Affordable Care Act works, and when states take responsible steps to strengthen it the public benefits. Following the onslaught of attacks by the Trump Administration to undercut the ACA, state officials took important steps to keep healthcare affordable. By enacting new state subsidies, California became the first state in the country to provide financial assistance to middle-income families—many of whom are small business owners or self-employed individuals.
Small Business Majority was pleased to support these new subsidies as they became law and are encouraged to see the impact they have already had with enrollment up 41% from last year. California has long been in the driver’s seat in aggressively implementing and strengthening the ACA, and we look forward to continuing to help advance policies that stand to help California’s entrepreneurs continue to access affordable healthcare.
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