California Democrats haven't managed to convince the Attorney General's Office that a Republican knockoff of the Covered California web site needs to come off line. Attorney General Kamala Harris several weeks ago forced the removal of 10 private health insurance websites that "misled Californians by imitating Covered California." The GOP-backed Covering Health Care California site was produced by Assembly Republicans, but its ... (More)
SHOP delay doesn’t affect California
Covered California has begun offering online enrollments to small businesses, unaffected by the one-year delay in signups suffered by the federal Obamacare site. The Covered California site underwent a scheduled outage of its enrollment functionality over the weekend ending Nov. 25 and will officially unveil the small-business health insurance service Monday. The California exchange's Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP), ... (More)
Insurance deadline now Dec. 23
The deadline for enrollment in Covered California policies that take effect Jan. 1 has been rolled back a week, to Dec. 23. The state Obamacare operation announced Nov. 21 that shoppers in the individual insurance marketplace would get more time to sign up for its health insurance policies. The deadline for first payments also has been pushed back, to Jan. 5. Covered California said the move was part of its efforts "to sustain, ... (More)
Jones blasts Covered Cal decision
California's insurance commissioner says the state Obamacare operation is denying "individuals and families the opportunity to keep their existing health insurance as President Obama promised." Commissioner Dave Jones says Covered California's decision not to allow extensions of outdated health insurance policies discriminates against individual buyers of insurance, while small business customers are allowed to renew coverage through ... (More)
No extensions for California policies
Covered California will not allow state health insurers to offer extensions of their outdated policies. The state Obamacare's board of directors voted unanimously to stay the course, despite lobbying from the California insurance commissioner. "Delaying the transition won't solve a single problem," said board member Susan Kennedy. "If I thought for a minute that by delaying it we could solve some of the problems I would (vote to) ... (More)
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