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New Obamacare Rates Lower Than Expected »
California health officials on Thursday unveiled the likely rates that insurers will charge under President Obama’s health-care law — and they are lower than expected, rebutting warnings by critics that many people will experience “rate shock” once the law is fully implemented. A person who chooses a mid-level [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
UnitedHealth, Aetna and Cigna Opt Out of Exchange »
Some prominent health insurers, including industry giant UnitedHealth Group Inc., are not [Read More]
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]
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]