In The News
AB-670 Targets Pharmacist Kickback Schemes »
California State Assembly Bill AB-670 aims to close a loophole in state law that allows health insurers to give a financial kickback to pharmacists every time they decide to give customers cheaper, poorer quality drugs that are not chemically equivalent to those prescribed by the customer’s doctor. AB 670, filed by [Read More]
Insurance Insider News
Life Combo Products See Double-Digit Growth »
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by Leila Morris
LIFE INSURANCE & ANNUITIES
• Life Combo Products See Double-Digit Growth
• Income Annuity Companies Add Features to Attract Consumers
IN CALIFORNIA
• What Clients Need to Know About ACA Changes
• LTC Partners Teams Up With the California Bankers Assn.
HEALTHCARE
• Employers Are Planning for ACA Changes
• Small Businesses Hold Off On Hiring Due to the ACA
• Subcommittee Examines Health Insurance Tax
• Funds Available to Help Uninsured Enroll in ACA
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Industry Updates
HSAs Gain Strength As Crucial Retirement Planning »
Most retirees will spend an average $250,000 in out-of-pocket health costs during their retirement [Read More]
California Health Insurance Exchange Announces »
Covered California, the state's health insurance exchange, announced $37 million in grants Tuesday [Read More]
Insurers to Annuity Owners: We Don’t Want More »
Some insurers are telling owners of annuities they can no longer add money to older contracts with [Read More]
Surveys
2013 PPO Survey »
PPO Power – Welcome to Our 13th Annual PPO Survey Welcome to our 13th annual PPO survey. For this survey, seven [Read More]
2012 HMO Survey »
Our Annual HMO Survey Retrieving Information on HMOs Our Dogged Research Pays Off Welcome to the 16th annual agents’ guide to [Read More]
2012 Dental Survey »
Tuning In To Our Annual Dental Survey Welcome to Part I of California Broker’s 2012 Dental Survey. We’ve asked the top dental [Read More]
Legislative Analysis
Does Obamacare Put Farm Workers Health Care at »
Call it another round for unintended consequences. The Affordable Care Act, designed to improve access to health care for millions of [Read More]
Feds, California Penalize Adventist Health »
In 2008 doctors sued Roseville CA's Adventist Health in U.S. District Court in Sacramento over the way doctors were being compensated [Read More]
California Now Stuck on Details of Medicaid »
It's been months since Gov. Jerry Brown agreed to expand Medi-Cal, as Medicaid is known in the state, to some 1.4 million Californians, [Read More]
Latest Amendments to AB 975 Conflict with Federal »
Since its introduction, Assembly Bill (AB) 975 has faced bipartisan opposition. It was scheduled to have been considered in the [Read More]