California's governor has signed into law a plan that could clear the way for undocumented people to access the state's Obamacare exchange. The legislation, from state Sen. Ricardo Lara, left, directs the secretary of California Health and Human Services to seek a waiver from the federal government to sell health insurance plans to illegal aliens. They would not receive state subsidies for buying the insurance, however. Policies ... (More)
Obamacare wins at high court
June 25, 2015 Leave a Comment
The Affordable Care Act survived its second do-or-die Supreme Court test in three years, raising odds for its survival but by no means ending the legal and political assaults on it five years after it became law. The 6-3 ruling, a major win for the White House, stopped a challenge that would have erased tax-credit subsidies in at least 34 states for individuals and families buying insurance through the federal government’s online ... (More)
Obamacare subsidies backed in poll
March 19, 2015 Leave a Comment
Despite months of news coverage, most people say they have heard little or nothing about a Supreme Court case that could eliminate subsidies helping millions of Americans afford coverage under the federal health law, according to a poll. But when respondents were told about the case, King v. Burwell, about two-thirds said that if the court strikes down the subsidies, then Congress or state officials should step in to restore them, ... (More)
Few clues about high court ruling
March 4, 2015 Leave a Comment
For the second time in three years, the federal Affordable Care Act went before the Supreme Court on Wednesday. And before a packed courtroom, a divided group of justices mostly picked up right where they left off the last time. Once again, commentators and experts were left to wonder where Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy, considered swing votes in the case, stand. A decision is expected by the end of ... (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)
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