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News & Announcements about health insurance in California




New Blue Shield Billing and Online Payment System

Blue Shield of California will be implementing a new online payment system for their individual and family plan members in 2018. Consumers with off-exchange health plans, those bought directly from Blue Shield and not from Covered California will be transitioned to the new billing system in March … [Read More...]

Proposed Work Requirement For Medi-Cal Beneficiaries

CMS announces new policy guidance for states to test community engagement for able-bodied adults Will support states helping Medicaid beneficiaries improve well-being and achieve self-sufficiency CMS today announced new guidance that will support state efforts to improve Medicaid enrollee … [Read More...]

Individual Mandate Penalty Update Covered California

Covered California Health Coverage Remains You may have questions about the federal tax law that was just passed this week. We want to assure you that the benefits related to consumer's Covered California coverage, including financial help to reduce monthly premiums, has NOT changed for 2018. The … [Read More...]

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  • Medi-Cal May Pay For Your Private Health Insurance
    The HIPP program pays the medical insurance premiums, coinsurance, deductibles, and other cost-sharing obligations for the individual. The annual cost of the premiums and member cost-sharing is compared to the estimated cost of an equivalent set of Medi-Cal services. Outlined in in an ACWD Letter 09-02, DHCS uses a specific formula to determine the cost-effective […]
  • Covered California 1095-A & Loss of Monthly Subsidy
    The 1095-A is almost as important as filing taxes. Even if you did not owe taxes in 2017, but still received the APTC, you have to file a tax return. Covered California has been notified by the IRS if a current household, receiving the subsidy, has not filed a 2017 tax return. Covered California is […]
  • The Inked Insurance Agent, Amateur Tattoo Line Designs
    At first, I was only going to get one tattoo of the cubist couple. But it seemed unbalanced, so I designed the second part of the cubist couple for the other leg. Then I was hooked. I loved the creative process of taking an image I enjoyed pondering over and decided to design more simple […]
  • Lost Health Insurance? Maybe Health Care Sharing Option Will Work
    If you think regular health insurance is filled with loop-holes and caveats to avoid paying health care claims, read the fine print on the HCSM. It can be difficult to know if the HCSM will pay on certain claims under certain conditions. Then there is the wild card of denial because of how the injury […]
  • Starting A California Small Group Health Plan
    Between the single carrier option or the small group exchanges, it doesn’t appear that one has better rates over the other. In general, HMO plans will always be less expensive than PPO plans. You should get quotes for plans from a single carrier as well as the small group exchanges. Even though the information can […]