Richard Figueroa still shudders at the memory of the calls he fielded as enrollment director of California’s special health plan for sick patients who’d been rejected by insurers. Now President Trump and congressional Republicans are trying to shift responsibility for overseeing health protections back to states. “None of it was enough.”When President Obama signed the federal health law in 2010, nearly 20% of Californians — about 6 million people — lacked health coverage. We couldn’t.”The state’s healthcare struggles are hardly unique. — Anthony Wright, head of Health Access CaliforniaCalifornia elected officials labored for years to build their own system of health protections.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 03, 2017 18:45 UTC