Posts Tagged ‘California health exchanges’
California Health Insurance Exchange Announces Grants
Covered California, the state's health insurance exchange, announced $37 million in grants Tuesday to begin the massive task of educating millions of Californians about the new healthcare law. The grants will go to 48 organizations, including universities, nonprofit groups, health foundations and unions. They will help state officials explain the [...]
How Will Insurance Professionals Benefit from Health Exchanges?
With an estimated 2.3 million California residents estimated to enroll in a health plan through Covered California by 2017, many insurance professionals are curious about the role of agents and brokers in the exchange. Preliminary information suggests that agents and brokers will be compensated for facilitating enrollments in the individual [...]
Exchanges Expected to Be a Big Draw For Some
HEALTHCARE • Exchanges Expected to Be a Big Draw For Some • The Debate Over Limited Network Pharmacies IN CALIFORNIA • Commissioner Calls Blue Shield’s Rate Increase Unreasonable NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES • Calculator Helps Show Real Cost of Accident and Illness • Streamlining Life And Annuity Enrollment • Dental [...]
What’s The Matter With California’s Health Market?
Government health officials are outraged as health insurers across the country have begun warning of major premium increases as Obamacare kicks into high gear this year and next. Consumers in multiple states will see rate increases of 20 percent or more, and some could see their premiums double. California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones [...]
California Health Insurance Exchange Gets $674-million Grant
Federal officials awarded California's new health insurance exchange a $674-million grant, providing money for a crucial marketing campaign aimed at reaching millions of uninsured. The two-year grant announced Thursday comes as the five-member board of the exchange, called Covered California, meets in Los Angeles to discuss its plans for [...]
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 [...]
Health Overhaul Could Mean Crowds
The Affordable Care Act mandates increased health coverage for the uninsured. In California, that means expanding the state’s Medi-Cal program and offering subsidized insurance plans on a newly created state-run exchange. Many health care experts say there simply will not be enough doctors to go around. According to the California Health [...]
Obamacare Full Steam Ahead in California
On January 1, 2014, 6 million Californians who have been unable to get health insurance either because they work for a small company, are self-employed or have pre-existing conditions, will finally be eligible to get insured through Covered California. And 2 million will qualify for subsidies when the health insurance exchange opens in [...]
What’s at Stake for Health Law in California This Election?
California has implemented many of the early provisions of the Affordable Care Act, making some new extensions of coverage available. California has also taken steps in terms of planning and establishing a state-based exchange, which is the marketplace by which people will be able to view their choices, identify what’s available for them and [...]
Gov. Brown Signs, Vetoes Health Care Reform Bills
IN CALIFORNIA • Gov. Brown Signs, Vetoes Health Care Reform Bills • Coordinated Care ACO HEALTHCARE • How the Obama and Romney Health Plans Stack Up • The Insured Rate Has Grown Slightly • Spending on Quality Improvement • Most Employers Consider Moving Retirees to the Individual Exchange Market NEW PRODUCTS • Variable [...]
