Posts Tagged ‘Covered California’
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 [...]
Health Insurance Exchange Granted Secrecy
A California law that created an agency to oversee national health care reforms granted it broad authority to conceal spending on the contractors that will perform most of its functions, potentially shielding the public from seeing how hundreds of millions of dollars are spent. The degree of secrecy afforded Covered California appears unique among [...]
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 [...]
California’s Health Exchange Moves Forward
CALIFORNIA • California’s Health Exchange Moves Forward • State Receives Death Master Payments • Aflac Enhances Short-term Disability Policy In California • Dental PPO Adds 570 California Dentists HEALTHCARE • CVS Suspends Enrollment In SilverScript • Will Health Reform Bankrupt the Carriers? • Hospital Readmissions: A Look [...]
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 [...]
