State RegulationsCA specific✓ Verified · outline & fact-checked · Sep 2026Difficulty 2/5
Covered California for Small Business (CCSB) is available to employers with up to how many employees?
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Why A is correct
Covered California for Small Business serves employers with up to 50 employees. Small employers that purchase qualified health plans through CCSB may qualify for the federal small business health care tax credit. Purchasing through the exchange is the way eligible small employers access that credit in California; buying a similar plan outside the exchange generally does not qualify for it.
Why the other options are wrong
- B) 25 relates to the federal small employer tax credit threshold, not the CCSB eligibility size of 50.
- C) 100 is the boundary between small and large group for rating purposes, not the CCSB threshold.
- D) 10 does not match the CCSB limit; the statutory size is 50 employees.
Memory hook
CCSB serves up to 50 employees; tax credits come only through the exchange.