Health plan members in California reported the nation's highest levels of satisfaction with their care, with Kaiser ranking the highest among a new survey's respondents. Michigan was tied with California in the nation's highest satisfaction levels. The study, done by J.D. Power, doesn't reflect consumer feelings toward policies purchased under the Affordable Care Act, which first became available Jan. 1. The survey company said it ... (More)
Covered Cal drops doctor listings
February 7, 2014 Leave a Comment
Covered California has removed its directories of participating physicians and offered to let unhappy consumers switch heath care plans if misled. "While the combined provider directory was a useful service for many consumers, some enrollees located physicians thought to be in their plan, and subsequently discovered they were not," the state Obamacare operation announced late Feb. 6. The Covered California site carries links to ... (More)
Kids dental folded into family plans
January 25, 2014 Leave a Comment
Insurers selling healthcare via the Obamacare organization in California must offer children's dental coverage as of 2015. Pediatric dental coverage currently is offered as a standalone policy via Covered California, at extra charge. As of 2015, it will be embedded in all family healthcare policies, the board decided. Less than a third of children (27 percent) signed up for health insurance via Covered California also are enrolled ... (More)
Kaiser, Anthem extend deadlines
January 17, 2014 Leave a Comment
More deadlines are being extended in the wake of problems with implementation of the Affordable Care Act in California and across the nation. Kaiser Permanente, Anthem Blue Cross and Health Net previously joined other Covered California-affiliated carriers in extended their deadlines for payments for the first month's premiums to Jan. 15. Now they're going further. Kaiser is giving its new customers until Jan. 22 to pay their ... (More)
Payment deadline now Jan. 15
January 5, 2014 Leave a Comment
Yet another Obamacare deadline has shifted: California customers of the state exchange have until Jan. 15 to make their first month's premium payments. That adds more than a work week to the previous Jan. 6 deadline, which was itself an extension for first-month payments for coverage that began Jan. 1. To no one's surprise, the latest extension came amid consumer complaints of lack of billing from insurance carriers, problems with ... (More)
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