Mandate. Eligibility does not equal an enrollment and people will have to actively enroll into Health Insurance to get the coverage they are entitled to, so of the 40 thousand 500 we think are eligible, about 25 thousand will access insurance. This is based on a 62. 5 rate of retention that we currently experience in the healthy San Francisco program, so we have anticipate hated our retention rate which is quite good for our program will translate into Health Insurance enrollment. This leaves about 15 thousand 500 who represent those who may be eligible but do not enroll in Health Insurance. And they might not enroll for any number of reasons, enrollment is complex, they may choose to pay the penalty rather than enroll in insurance, they may choose to pay the penalty rather than enroll in insurance, this group plus the 29 that are not already in sf path are the individuals we will have to focus our outreach efforts on. Just a quick question. Do you have any more specific information on
Undocumented residents we anticipate. They may be other people who are not subject to the mandate because of hardship or other reasons but largely undocumented. The 15 thousand 500 will likely be those that are at the highly end of the healthy San Francisco limit, it cares for people up to 500 of poverty and those who are medi cal eligible will be able to apply to medi cal without no cost to thel, so that will be an easy decision, as the income gets higher, the cost sharing gets higher. What percentage will be lgbt . I do not have that percentage. Thank you. Within the department of Public Health, we really have a twofold focus on Health Reform implementation. First is about dphs own Health Care Delivery system. We are looking to ready our system to be the provider of choice for our patients, our uninsured parents have not had a wide choice of Health Care Providers but Health Insurance provides them with that choice, we want them to choose us. A recent survey indicated that 60 of lowin
Its important to note that eligibility does not equal enrollment, enrollment is not automatic, even today, about 1. 3 million californians are already eligible for medi cal but have not enrolled, individuals will have to apply for medi cal which they can do at any time during the year. Our exchange is called cover california, cover california is an online marketplace where individuals can Purchase Health insurance. Individuals who have incomes that are above the medi cal threshold and californians can buy Health Insurance on this stage. There are four standard tiers that will be offered, theyre called bronze, silver, gold and platinum, the difference is their percentage of annual cost that is the health plan covers, bronze covers 60 of cost, silver, 70, gold, 80 and platinum, 90, theres a catastrophic plan that also will be available. There are sliding scale subsidies available to lowincome individuals on covered california up to 400 of poverty which is about 46 thousand dollars a year
Public health, we really have a twofold focus on Health Reform implementation. First is about dphs own Health Care Delivery system. We are looking to ready our system to be the provider of choice for our patients, our uninsured parents have not had a wide choice of Health Care Providers but Health Insurance provides them with that choice, we want them to choose us. A recent survey indicated that 60 of lowincome individuals who are uninsured would change their provider if they were given the choice to do so so we are responding to that challenge and integrating the service we offer throughout our Delivery System so we do a better job to coordinate the care our patients need, were working to improve quality and capacity to increase access to care, were enhancing our Patients Experience by shortening waiting times and increasing our efficiency in Customer Service and these are exactly the items that barbara is at the Health Department working on today. Our second role is more citywide in
First is about dphs own Health Care Delivery system. We are looking to ready our system to be the provider of choice for our patients, our uninsured parents have not had a wide choice of Health Care Providers but Health Insurance provides them with that choice, we want them to choose us. A recent survey indicated that 60 of lowincome individuals who are uninsured would change their provider if they were given the choice to do so so we are responding to that challenge and integrating the service we offer throughout our Delivery System so we do a better job to coordinate the care our patients need, were working to improve quality and capacity to increase access to care, were enhancing our Patients Experience by shortening waiting times and increasing our efficiency in Customer Service and these are exactly the items that barbara is at the Health Department working on today. Our second role is more citywide in nature and related to our mission to protect and promote the health of all san