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Health Commission approves updated minimum standards under Healthcare Accountability Ordinance
Summary
The San Francisco Health Commission on a voice vote approved staff-recommended updates to the Healthcare Accountability Ordinance minimum standards for 20192020, including aligning out-of-pocket limits to the state benchmark, lowering prescription deductibles, and deeming gold/platinum cost-sharing automatically compliant; public commenters warned $45 primary-care copays still pose barriers for low-wage workers.
The San Francisco Health Commission voted to adopt a package of recommended revisions to the citys Healthcare Accountability Ordinance (HCAO) minimum standards for 20192020 after receiving a presentation from Patrick Chang of the Office of Policy and Planning and hearing public testimony from labor and nonprofit representatives.
The revisions approved by the commission maintain the requirement that employers pay the full premium for employee coverage, align the individual out-of-pocket maximum with the California patient-centered benchmark (keeping the allowable HCAO limit below the federal ACA cap), lower the…
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