Friday, December 28, 2012

Californians to Watch: Peter Lee will launch California's health exchange

Sacramento Bee
In a large downtown Sacramento office perched above J Street, empty cubicles and a sense of calm in December belie the nearly impossible task before Peter V. Lee. In nine months, his Covered California organization will try to sign up hundreds of thousands of residents for health care in a multitude of different languages. A new statewide computer system – still in development – must determine which state program each family qualifies for, then offer prices based on income and coverage level.