California community health centers are eligible for almost $22 million in federal funding to help them sign up the uninsured under the Affordable Care Act. The 125 health clinics that provide primary care at about 1,200 sites could collectively hire more than 400 workers to sign up people needing insurance via the state exchange, Covered California. Of the 3,261,720 patients seen at the centers in 2012, 42 percent were uninsured, ... (More)
Children’s dental plans unveiled
June 26, 2013 1 Comment
Dental care plans for children and teens will be offered by six insurers via the California health exchange. Coverage is optional and not included in general health plans offered by the Covered California marketplace, which opens for business Oct. 1. Rates for the "pediatric dental plans" range from $10 to $30 a month. Dental coverage is not offered to adults but reportedly is under consideration for 2015. The six companies ... (More)
Covered California previews plans
May 24, 2013 1 Comment
The California health insurance exchange unveiled a preview of its plans, with key insurers including Blue Shield, Anthem, Health Net and Kaiser Permanente. In all, 13 health plans will be offered to individual policy buyers when the health insurance marketplace opens for business Oct. 1. Covered California is among the first of the Affordable Care Act exchanges to go public with its proposed offerings, releasing the plan May ... (More)
Covered Calif. to register voters
May 17, 2013 Leave a Comment
The California health insurance marketplace is branching out into voter registration. Covered California will be the first health exchange to offer potential insurance buyers the chance to sign up to vote under the federal "motor voter" act, which offers applicants for driver's licenses the opportunity to register under that law. California' Secretary of State Debra Bowen on Wednesday designated Covered California as a voter ... (More)
Covered Cal building ‘bridge’
March 16, 2013 Leave a Comment
Covered California is seeking federal approval for its proposal to offer "bridge" plans to families who go in and out of eligibility for Medi-Cal. Those families would then be allowed to purchase health insurance through the Covered California health exchange, which is being set up in response to the Affordable Care Act. About 15 percent of Medi-Cal families lose coverage via temporary increases in income, the state health benefit ... (More)
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