Phone calls and web visits to California's health insurance exchange are rising at a furious pace as the Dec. 23 deadline for sign-ups looms. "We are experiencing a high volume of phone calls at this time," the Covered California web site now warns on its home page. "We truly appreciate your patience." Calls to the state insurance marketplace topped out at almost 144,000 for the week ending Dec. 7, by far the most calls since the ... (More)
GOP stands by its Obamacare site
December 9, 2013 1 Comment
California Democrats haven't managed to convince the Attorney General's Office that a Republican knockoff of the Covered California web site needs to come off line. Attorney General Kamala Harris several weeks ago forced the removal of 10 private health insurance websites that "misled Californians by imitating Covered California." The GOP-backed Covering Health Care California site was produced by Assembly Republicans, but its ... (More)
Insurance deadline now Dec. 23
November 22, 2013 1 Comment
The deadline for enrollment in Covered California policies that take effect Jan. 1 has been rolled back a week, to Dec. 23. The state Obamacare operation announced Nov. 21 that shoppers in the individual insurance marketplace would get more time to sign up for its health insurance policies. The deadline for first payments also has been pushed back, to Jan. 5. Covered California said the move was part of its efforts "to sustain, ... (More)
No extensions for California policies
November 21, 2013 Leave a Comment
Covered California will not allow state health insurers to offer extensions of their outdated policies. The state Obamacare's board of directors voted unanimously to stay the course, despite lobbying from the California insurance commissioner. "Delaying the transition won't solve a single problem," said board member Susan Kennedy. "If I thought for a minute that by delaying it we could solve some of the problems I would (vote to) ... (More)
1/3 of Obamacare enrollees in Calif.
November 13, 2013 Leave a Comment
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)
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