Everyone Has a Right to Good Health and Healthcare Coverage

According to the Journal of Public Health, more than 886,000 deaths could have been prevented from 1991 to 2000 if African Americans had received the same care as whites. While African Americans do have greater incidence of some diseases, the challenge remains to deliver the same high quality health care to everyone, despite reduced access to health care for African Americans.

Covered California embraces the idea that everyone has a right to good health.

For those that are not already covered by their employer or insured through Medi-Cal, Covered California offers affordable healthcare choices and also provides financial assistance to help you pay for your premium, enabling you to get the treatment you need without it becoming a financial crisis for the entire family.

130,000 African Americans in California have not yet signed up for health insurance under Covered California? The interesting fact is, based on their income, all of them are eligible to receive some form of financial assistance, which will make their health insurance more affordable. In the first two Open Enrollment periods, 1.4 million people enrolled in Covered California, but only 30,000 were African Americans.

In addition, as of June 2015, only 2.4 percent of African Americans are actively enrolled,although it is estimated that African Americans comprise about 5 percent of subsidy-eligible Californians.

Your support is needed to ensure 100% enrollment in quality health care by all minorities.

How you can help?

Do you know someone in your family or your community that needs health insurance but is worried it might be too expensive? Covered CA can help. Refer them to our office and help them enroll today! In order to have coverage on February 1, 2016, and avoid the tax penalty they must enroll by January 31, 2016 which is when open enrollment closes.

**Tax penalty is 2.5% of your yearly household income or $695 per adult and $347 per child up to $2,085 per family, whichever is higher.

Riverside County Black Chamber Of Commerce Office is a Covered CA Certified Enrollment Center. Contact us @ 951.823.0175 or stop by our office located at 2060 Chicago Ave., Ste A13, Riverside, CA 92507