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Covered California Negotiated Lower Rates by Providing Data to Insurers
Posted on July 8, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: California Healthline Providing data to insurers on Covered California enrollees’ use of health care services helped to lower premiums, according to a recent study, the Sierra Sun Times reports. Details of Study For the study, researchers from UC-San Francisco, the state Department of Health Care Services and the state exchange examined data from the […]
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Blaming Drug Costs, CalPERS Considers 7% Hike in HMO Premiums
Posted on July 7, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: Sacramento Business Journal The California Public Employees’ Retirement System is poised to raise HMO premiums for state employees an average of 7.21 percent in 2016. The move shows that rising hospital and drug costs could mean higher premiums in the private sector, too. The proposed HMO rate hike is up from a 3.9 percent […]
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Auditor Slams California’s Oversight Of Medi-Cal Plans Used By 9 Million
Posted on July 6, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: Kaiser Health News California health officials failed to ensure that more than 9 million residents enrolled in Medi-Cal managed care plans had access to doctors when they needed them, the state auditor said in a stinging report Tuesday. Health officials might have learned about those problems from calls to an ombudsman’s office – but […]
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California Budget Deal Grants Health Coverage to Children in U.S. Illegally
Posted on July 3, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: Los Angeles Times Immigrant children who are in the country illegally would receive public healthcare coverage in California under a budget deal announced Tuesday by Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders. An estimated 170,000 immigrants 18 and younger could qualify, marking another victory for advocates and lawmakers who have worked to make the state […]
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Obamacare’s First Year Brought Health Insurance To Millions
Posted on July 2, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: Huffington Post WASHINGTON — Millions of people gained health insurance last year as Affordable Care Act benefits took effect, according to the first official accounting by the federal government. In 2014, 36 million U.S. residents, or 11.5 percent of the population, were uninsured on the day they were surveyed, a decline of 8.8 million […]
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Defeat By Deductible: Millennials Aren’t Hip To Health Insurance Lingo
Posted on July 1, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: NPR Coinsurance? Premium tax credit? HMO and PPO? Swimming through the health insurance word soup can be frustrating for anyone. Even though I cover health, I couldn’t define “cost-sharing reduction plan” until I Googled it just now. And it seems I’m not the only clueless 20-something here. Young adults, who generally have little experience […]
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US won’t reveal records on health website security
Posted on June 30, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsAssociated Press by Jack Gillum – After promising not to withhold government information over “speculative or abstract fears,” the Obama administration has concluded it will not publicly disclose federal records that could shed light on the security of the government’s health care website because doing so could “potentially” allow hackers to break in. The Centers […]
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The Secret Committee Behind Our Soaring Health Care Costs
Posted on June 26, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsPolitico by Katie Jennings – August 20, 2014: It was late in the afternoon on a warm Friday in early fall and Doug Sumrell was mowing the lawn outside his suburban home in Evans, Georgia. As he pushed the mower across the yard, Sumrell began to feel faint — his chest tightened and the back […]
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Beware of Shifting Options Within Medicare Plans
Posted on June 25, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: New York Times For millions of older Americans, it is time to sift through the mind-boggling array of Medicare plans. There is an average of 29 drug plans to digest, and about 18 options for Medicare Advantage, the plans delivered through private insurers. Then there are the 10 supplemental plans that cover what traditional […]
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California Gives No-Bid Health Pacts
Posted on June 24, 2015 by Administrator in Breaking NewsSource: The Washington Post California’s health insurance exchange has awarded $184 million in contracts without the competitive bidding and oversight that is standard practice across state government, including deals that sent millions of dollars to a firm whose employees have long-standing ties to the agency’s executive director. Covered California’s no-bid contracts were for a variety […]
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