HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07102012 - SD.7RECOMMENDATION(S):
ACCEPT an oral report from the Health Services Director regarding the local impact of the Supreme Court Decision
on the Affordable Care Act.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact, report only.
BACKGROUND:
On June 28, 2012 in a 5-4 decision issued by the U.S. Supreme Court, the justices held that the Affordable Care Act
is constitutional as a tax. The court ruled in favor of the bill’s provision to expand Medicaid in the coming years.
Conservative-leaning Chief Justice John Roberts joined with the court, helping to give the Obama administration a
major victory five months before Election Day.
With the federal healthcare law upheld, California stands to receive as much as $15 billion a year to extend coverage
to millions of the poor and uninsured starting in 2014, and efforts will now intensify to get ready for that influx of
new patients.
The state has nearly 7 million uninsured, or about 20% of the population, according to
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/10/2012 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: William Walker,
925-957-5403
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: July 10, 2012
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McH;uen, Deputy
cc:
SD. 7
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:July 10, 2012
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Oral Report on Supreme Court Decision Regarding Federal Health Care Reform
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
the California HealthCare Foundation.
Under the federal law, nearly 4 million Californians are expected to obtain new or improved coverage by 2019. About
half would be covered through an expansion of Medi-Cal, the joint state-federal program for the poor and disabled.
Another 2 million are expected to purchase private policies with federal subsidies earmarked for families earning
about $92,000 or less annually.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The Board of Supervisors and the community will not receive adequate and current information.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not Applicable.
CLERK'S ADDENDUM
Speakers: Rollie Katz, Public Employees' Union Local One. ACCEPTED the oral report.