California's Obamacare operation and insurance companies are scrambling to adjust in the wake of the president's decision to allow extensions of existing policies. Seeking to make good on his promise that people could keep their policies under Obamacare, the president apologized and offered the possibility of one-year extensions of insurance policies that do not deliver the Affordable Care Act's essential health benefits. "We ... (More)
1/3 of Obamacare enrollees in Calif.
Covered California scored more than a third of the enrollments under the nation's Affordable Care Act in its first month, federal numbers show. The state health insurance exchange indicated 30,830 enrollments were logged during October. Federal numbers, however, showed 35,364 California enrollments through Nov. 2. Covered California's own figures for the first month of Obamacare policy sales said about 375,000 applications were ... (More)
Health centers funded for sign-ups
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)
Obama hails California health effort
President Obama trumpeted California's leading role in enactment of the Affordable Care Act -- the sweeping health reform widely known as Obamacare. "This is working the way it's supposed to," Obama said in a Northern California speech. The president dismissed "a bunch of political talk out there" as "fear-mongering," instead urging Americans to look at what's happening in states like California right now." California's lineup ... (More)
Pre-existing program vote delayed
Facing a veto threat from the White House, House Republicans have backed off on a plan to reinstate enrollments in a program providing health insurance for people with pre-existing conditions. The plan to divert Affordable Care Act funds to the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) was scheduled for an April 24 vote, but GOP leaders delayed it indefinitely. The White House said programs under the Prevention and Public ... (More)
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