Almost 49,000 people signed up for coverage via Covered California in the first three weeks of open enrollment for 2015, the state Obamacare operation said. "More than 290,000 new consumers submitted applications and were determined eligible for private health insurance or Medi-Cal," Covered California said in announcing the numbers covering Nov. 15 through Dec. 3. Consumers have until Dec. 15 to sign up for private insurance that ... (More)
Covered Cal approval dips in survey
December 2, 2014 Leave a Comment
A slim majority of Californians continue to say Obamacare is working in the state, although support appears to be slipping at the end of subsidized insurance's first year. The Public Policy Institute of California survey reports that 46 percent had a generally favorable view of the health-care reform law, while 43 percent had a generally unfavorable one. Covered California, the generally well regarded Obamacare operation, drew ... (More)
Covered Cal aims for 1.7 million
November 16, 2014 Leave a Comment
The state Obamacare operation says it's ready to sign up another 500,000 Californians in the enrollment period that began Nov. 15. That would bring total enrollment to 1.7 million state residents. "There still is a lot of work to do, because an estimated 3.2 million people still are uninsured in California," Covered California chief Peter Lee said as open enrollment began for the 2015 coverage year. The enrollment period -- the ... (More)
Lee rolls out Obamacare bus tour
November 7, 2014 Leave a Comment
Covered California chief Peter Lee and associates are hitting the road to promote the coming open-enrollment season, which begins Nov. 15. Lee is undertaking a nine day bus tour that'll hit 21 cities in California -- including the big three of Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego. The big show appears to be in front of Los Angeles' city hall on Nov. 14. As with other stops, Lee and company will be joined by "community partners ... (More)
Covered Cal web site ailing again
October 29, 2014 Leave a Comment
Reports of new troubles on the Covered California continue to come in, just weeks before the start of open enrollment for the Obamacare operation's second year. One broker told the Sacramento Business Journal that he'd been unable to make changes to health insurance plans for clients for several weeks. He called it "the same nightmare as last year." While CoveredCalifornia.com had its share of issues in the initial enrollment ... (More)
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