The Pacific Business Group on Health and the California Medical Association are asking California state legislators to shore up vulnerable primary-care practices during the COVID-19 crisis.

Preliminary results of a study commissioned by New Mexico's Democrat-led Legislature in 2019 says the state's uninsured rate would likely fall below 1% and that the use of healthcare services would likely increase as the vast majority of residents turn to public insurance.

But many employers with self-funded health plans seem to believe they're exempt from rules set by Congress for free COVID-19 tests.

As health insurers see benefits from the COVID-19 pandemic, many plan to return excess revenue to customers by reducing some premiums in the coming months. That could cut insurers' required rebates under an Affordable Care Act provision.