Zócalo Public SquareIs Local Healthcare Better Healthcare? – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Is Local Healthcare Better Healthcare? https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2014/11/10/is-local-healthcare-better-healthcare/ideas/up-for-discussion/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2014/11/10/is-local-healthcare-better-healthcare/ideas/up-for-discussion/#respond Mon, 10 Nov 2014 08:02:26 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=56605 As Vice President Biden famously said back in 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a big deal, literally and figuratively. The era of Obamacare is about a large-scale shift in the American healthcare system, and the millions of Californians who signed up for new coverage—or just any coverage at all—seem to indicate that a big deal will also be a good deal for the state. But as healthcare in California becomes part of something very big, what happens to smaller, local plans and providers across the state? In cities from Sacramento to San Luis Obispo, doctors, insurance companies, and patients are all trying to strike a delicate balance between the benefits of a bigger healthcare system and the very particular needs of local communities throughout California. In advance of the Zócalo/The California Wellness Foundation event “Does Obamacare Give Sacramento More Choices?”, we asked policymakers, journalists, and scholars of healthcare: What role is there for local health plans and providers …

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]]> As Vice President Biden famously said back in 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a big deal, literally and figuratively. The era of Obamacare is about a large-scale shift in the American healthcare system, and the millions of Californians who signed up for new coverage—or just any coverage at all—seem to indicate that a big deal will also be a good deal for the state.

But as healthcare in California becomes part of something very big, what happens to smaller, local plans and providers across the state? In cities from Sacramento to San Luis Obispo, doctors, insurance companies, and patients are all trying to strike a delicate balance between the benefits of a bigger healthcare system and the very particular needs of local communities throughout California.

In advance of the Zócalo/The California Wellness Foundation event “Does Obamacare Give Sacramento More Choices?”, we asked policymakers, journalists, and scholars of healthcare: What role is there for local health plans and providers in post-Obamacare California?

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