State regulators say Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California provided "untrue" or "misleading" information about physicians connected with their health care policies sold via Covered California. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield account for more than half of the business done on the state Obamacare health-care exchange. Both of the insurance giants responded that there were problems with the state's methodology, but admitted ... (More)
Jones wins, but Prop. 45 doesn’t
November 5, 2014 Leave a Comment
California's Proposition 45, which would have given the state insurance commissioner veto power over private health insurance rate hikes, was soundly defeated in the Nov. 4 election. Newly re-elected insurance commissioner Dave Jones continues to have little say on rate increases for individual and small-business customers of the state's health insurance providers. Jones campaigned for Prop. 45, putting him at odds again with the ... (More)
Californians: Cover illegal aliens
October 6, 2014 Leave a Comment
A majority of the state's voters support extending current health insurance programs to all low-income Californians, including undocumented immigrants, according to a new statewide poll. The poll was commissioned by The California Endowment, a foundation that has been actively working to expand health insurance access to all people, regardless of immigration status. The Affordable Care Act expressly bars undocumented immigrants from ... (More)
Vision quest ended by governor
October 1, 2014 Leave a Comment
The Legislature-approved plan to set up a vision-care service connected to Covered California suffered a veto by Gov. Jerry Brown. The governor said in his veto message that the vision-care law would lead to an unnecessary "new state bureaucracy" that would "divert Covered California's focus with a new scheme." The plan under AB 1877 was to set up an independent web site for vision-care-insurance sales to consumers. Under AB ... (More)
Dental plans set by Covered Calif.
August 21, 2014 Leave a Comment
California's Obamacare operation is offering new "family" dental plans to its 2015 offerings, in addition to the previously announced pediatric dental expansion. The dental plans that offer care to adults are stand-alone and come with no financial assistance. Covered California said the idea was "to offer affordable dental coverage to adults that was not available in 2014." The family dental plans sold by Covered California are ... (More)
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