‘In The News’ Archives
Multi-Status Families Brace for Health Care Reform
Federal health reform will leave out California's two million undocumented immigrants, a dilemma for multi-status families. Nationwide there are 8.8 million families in which some family members are here lawfully and some aren’t. They are what policy wonks call multi-status families — that is, within one family, there are people who are [...]
Feds OK California’s Health Exchange Plan
California received conditional approval from the federal government to establish a health care exchange. California is among seven states that received the go-ahead from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to operate its own health insurance exchange, one of the provisions under President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act. The goal [...]
Primary Care Doctors Growing Scarce
Even without the Affordable Care Act, a worsening doctor shortage had been forecast as the state's and nation's population ages and grows, and as a generation of older doctors retires. But by mandating that individuals have insurance and expanding Medicaid, the law will extend coverage to an additional 30 million Americans and place a greater [...]
How Much Insurance Do Retirees Need?
Under-insurance is an especially acute problem with retired and pre-retirement clients. There’s less time to recover in the event of a big loss. People tend to buy their insurance when they’re young and don’t adjust it as they get older, so they can really come up short. Health and long-term-care insurance are part of most retirement [...]
California’s Uninsured: Treading Water
The percentage of Californians who have employer-based coverage continues to fall, dropping from 65% in 1987 to 52% in 2011. While public insurance has partially filled this gap, almost 22% of Californians remain uninsured. This statistic should change dramatically in the coming years as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is [...]
Study Finds Gap in Hospitals’ Health Reform Preparedness
California hospitals' readiness for changes under the Affordable Care Act varies across different regions, according to research by the Center for Studying Health System Change. Researchers analyzed health care markets in Fresno and the San Francisco Bay Area to gauge how the organization, financing and delivery of care have changed since [...]
Nature or Nurture? Why Women Don’t Save for Retirement
Women are more confident about their retirement prospects this year, with almost two thirds of affluent women considering themselves confident or somewhat confident about being comfortable in retirement. The bad news, said Suzanna de Baca, vice president of wealth strategies at Ameriprise, is that women "shouldn't be feeling this good." In the [...]
Fiscal Cliff Fears Have Investors Inundating Financial Planners
December 31 is the day when the tax cuts passed during the the George W. Bush presidency are set to expire. It is also the date when deep cuts to federal spending are scheduled to take effect. The term "fiscal cliff" is being used to describe the situation, and it is being talked about non-stop in the media. Inside the office of Rosenthal [...]
Changes to California Children’s Healthcare Won’t be Delayed
An official in Gov. Jerry Brown's administration said that California will begin transferring poor children into a cheaper healthcare plan on Jan. 1, despite concerns from some lawmakers and advocates that the state's plan is inadequate. California is eliminating the Healthy Families program next year and shifting nearly 900,000 children into [...]
Latinos Live Longer Than Non-Latinos in CA and Nationally
Immigration patterns, assimilation and rising diabetes rates don't explain why Latinos born in the United States live longer than non-Hispanic whites. Ideas on this range from the emphasis on greens and fruits in traditional Latino diets to a reliance of family that may bring more support. Other theories revolve around the reliance of Latinos on [...]
