These one-stop shops could either simplify the insurance process or add a level of bureaucracy that makes healthcare more confusing and expensive to administer, warned Micah Weinberg, a senior research fellow at the New America Foundation.
In theory, they could take over from counties the eligibility enrollment process for Medi-Cal/Medicaid. "If, however, the state function is simply layered over the top of the existing system then that is the worst case as it will be more costly and more complicated," Weinberg said.
