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Details of Exchange Begin to Emerge
Posted on July 4, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsHealthline, By David Gorn – June 20, 2012: California Health Benefit Exchange Board members yesterday heard presentations on a number of topics including stakeholder opinions on qualified health plans, potential exchange users’ opinions on what they need from the exchange and possibilities for creating call centers. All of those discussions seemed to lead to the […]
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Millions will still go without health insurance even after law passes
Posted on July 4, 2012 by Administrator in UncategorizedAssociated Press, By Atom Murphy – June 19, 2012: One of the biggest misconceptions about President Obama’s health care overhaul isn’t who the law will cover, but rather who it won’t. If it survives Supreme court scrutiny, the landmark overhaul will expand coverage to about 30 million uninsured people, according to government figures. But an […]
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Health Law Is Mixed Bag For Employers
Posted on July 3, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsKaiser Health News, By Julie Appleby June 21, 2012: A decision to invalidate the entire health care law would have vastly different effects on employers, depending on their size. Businesses with more than 50 employees would no longer face penalties if they failed to make affordable coverage available to workers beginning in 2014. Small employers, […]
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Most Americans Oppose Health Law but Like Provisions
Posted on July 3, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsReuters, By Patricia Zengerle – June 24, 2012: Most Americans oppose President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform even though they strongly support most of its provisions, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Sunday, with the Supreme Court set to rule within days on whether the law should stand. Fifty-six percent of people are against the healthcare overhaul […]
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The 80/20 Rule: Providing Value and Rebates to Millions of Consumers
Posted on July 3, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsHealthcare.gov – June 21, 2012: The new health reform law, the Affordable Care Act, holds health insurance companies accountable to consumers and ensures that American families are reimbursed if health insurance companies don’t meet a fair standard of value. Because of the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies now must reveal how much of premium dollars […]
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California Races To Enroll Uninsured
Posted on July 2, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsKaiser Health News, By Russ Mitchell – June 29, 2012: With the health law upheld by the Supreme Court, the state that boasts the largest number of uninsured is bent on losing that distinction. Peter Lee, charged with creating California’s online state insurance market, says his goal is to make shopping for health insurance as […]
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Health Insurance Exchanges Are Coming: NAHU Conference
Posted on July 2, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsBy Allison Bell – June 26, 2012: Many states will be setting up health insurance exchanges even if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) vanishes, and the exchanges that succeed will probably be the ones that do a good job of reaching out to brokers. Ron Goldstein, president of CHOICE Administrators, Orange, Calif., […]
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California Health Plans Response
Posted on July 2, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsCAHP, Statement from President & CEO Patrick Johnston – June 28, 2012: California Association of Health Plans President and CEO Patrick Johnston issued the following statement in response to today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act. “The Supreme Court’s decision means that California will continue to pursue the shared goal of helping […]
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Deep Background on Court Decision
Posted on July 1, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsThe Washington Post, By Robert Barnes, N.C. Aizenman and William Branigin – June 28, 2012: Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Thursday joined the liberal wing of the Supreme Court to save the heart of President Obama’s landmark health-care law, agreeing that the requirement for nearly all Americans to secure health insurance is permissible […]
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Supreme Court’s Healthcare Ruling: The Outlook for California
Posted on June 30, 2012 by Administrator in Breaking NewsBy Chad Terhune, Los Angeles Times – June 29, 2012: Despite huge benefits, it’s likely that millions in California still won’t get health coverage and premiums will rise. Amid the cheering in many quarters over the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the federal healthcare law, a sobering fact remains: California’s ailing healthcare system won’t be […]
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