State RegulationsCA specific✓ Verified · outline & fact-checked · Sep 2026Difficulty 2/5
Covered California for Small Business (CCSB) offers group health coverage to employers with up to how many employees?
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Why A is correct
Covered California for Small Business (CCSB) serves employers with 50 or fewer employees. Small employers can choose a single plan for all employees or a shopping model that lets employees pick among plans, and those who buy through CCSB may qualify for the federal small employer health insurance tax credit. The 50-employee ceiling distinguishes CCSB from the broader small-group market definition of 2-100 in California.
Why the other options are wrong
- B) 25 employees is the threshold for the federal tax credit, not the CCSB coverage ceiling.
- C) California defines small groups as 2-100 for rating purposes, but CCSB itself caps at 50 employees.
- D) CCSB does not serve employers with 200 employees; its ceiling is 50.
Memory hook
CCSB = exchange coverage for shops of 50 or fewer. The tax-credit group is even smaller: 25.