Covered California finished the open enrollment period for 2018 with an increase in new customers but a dip in renewals. Overall, 1.52 million residents signed up for health insurance via the state Obamacare operation. That's down from 1.55 million -- or about 35,000 fewer people than last year. Covered California said 432,484 of the total for 2018 are new enrollees, an increase of roughly 3 percent. Many were younger, pleased ... (More)
342,000 newbies for Covered Cal
January 23, 2018 Leave a Comment
About 342,000 new consumers have signed up for health insurance via Covered California as of Jan. 21. The state Obamacare operation said the pace of new sign-ups for the 2018 open enrollment period is running well ahead of last year, despite the political uncertainty about federal health-care policy. More than 1.2 million current Covered California customers have renewed for the year. Open enrollment continues through Jan. ... (More)
Key sign-up deadline now Dec. 22
December 15, 2017 Leave a Comment
Citing "a strong surge in demand," Covered California has extended its deadline for buying health insurance that begins Jan. 1. Consumers now have until Dec. 22 to sign up for full coverage in 2018. The state Obamacare operation has pushed back its sign-up deadlines several times in recent years, allowing latecomers to get coverage they may have otherwise missed -- and slightly padding the closely watched enrollment ... (More)
Enrollment healthy despite politics
December 11, 2017 Leave a Comment
Enrollment in Covered California health-care plans continues to run well ahead of sign-ups reported a year ago. For the month of November 2017 -- the first month of open enrollment -- more than 102,000 new consumers selected health insurance via the state Obamacare operation. That's almost a third more consumers who signed up compared with the 80,000 of November 2016. "We're seeing many Californians shop and enroll because the ... (More)
Covered Cal sign-ups rise 23%
November 16, 2017 Leave a Comment
Halfway through the first month of open enrollment, Covered California reports more than 48,000 new consumers have signed up for health insurance via the marketplace. For the period Nov. 1 through Nov. 15, sign-ups are outrunning figures from a year ago, in which 39,000 new consumers enrolled. That's an increase of about 23 percent. Peter Lee, executive director of the state Obamacare operation said: "While we are encouraged by ... (More)
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