In the time before The Affordable Care Act, PCV and other organizations like ours were trying to find new and innovative ways to get workers at small and independent businesses access to health insurance, or more affordable ways to access healthcare. In 2007 we launched a new initiative under our Employee Onramp program to offer healthcare vouchers to employees of our portfolio businesses. That one new program brought healthcare benefits to thousands of low-income Californians.
This new program was the result of PCV creating a statewide Healthcare Policy Forum to help California’s small business employers weigh in for a real, workable solution that provides healthcare for workers without bankrupting businesses.