Insurance Commissioner, Dave Jones, has come out against a specialty drug proposal by Covered California. Under the plan, Californians would pay up to $500 a month (per prescription) for specialty drugs needed to treat chronic […]
HEALTHCARE Top 10 Employee Questions on Private Exchange Enrollment Towers Watson compiled these top 10 questions that full-time employees ask when enrolling in the company private exchange: Which plan has the lowest cost? Using premium […]
IN CALIFORNIA Blue Shield Of California Under Pressure Blue Shield of California has been in the news lately and not in a good way. The Los Angeles Times originally broke the story that the company […]
HEALTHCARE Insurers Fall Short in Mental Health Coverage Health insurance plans are falling short in coverage of mental health and substance abuse conditions according to a report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). […]
HEALTHCARE Final Rule On Excepted Benefits The U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury published a final rule to amend the definition of benefits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Generally, […]
HEALTHCARE Premiums Rise Modestly for Silver Plans A report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation finds that premiums for the lowest-cost silver plans were modest, although there are exceptions in a few states. The same […]
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