Thanks to the actions of President Trump, in April I took the unprecedented step authorizing health insurers to file two sets of rates for 2018,” said Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. “We in California are doing everything we can to keep carriers and plans in the individual market, but President Trump continues to undermine the ACA and as these rate filings demonstrate, California is not immune to his efforts to wreck the Affordable Care Act. If President Trump continues down this path, premiums will increase substantially in 2018. The average premium increase doubles if Trump continues to refuse to fund the cost-sharing assistance in the ACA.
California Insurance Commissioner Urges VA To Stop Transgender Discrimination
The California Department of Insurance also conducted the first government-sponsored economic impact assessment in the United States related to transgender health insurance coverage. The assessment concluded removal of the discriminatory exclusions would have an insignificant and immaterial impact on premiums and that the benefits for transgender Californians were significant.
Commissioner Jones issues statement following Senate Republicans’ health care proposal
The Senate Republicans’ proposal to repeal the ACA has most of the same devastating consequences for Americans’ health care as the House bill, including provisions that would permit the elimination of coverage for essential health benefits and the caps on out-of-pocket costs that help prevent medical bankruptcy.
Insurance Commissioner Jones Bashes Repeal of ACA House Vote
“Today’s Republican House vote will rob 24 million Americans of health care coverage, which is tantamount to a death sentence for some patients who depend on coverage to manage serious and chronic medical conditions. The President and House Republicans have nothing to be proud of today as they work to take health care coverage away from millions of Americans who will be harmed by their actions.
California Authorizes Health Insurers To File “Trump Rates” and “ACA Rates”
Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced today that he has authorized health insurers filing rates with the Department of Insurance to file two sets of rates, in light of the market instability created by President Trump’s continued undermining of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
California Insurance Commissioner Blasts New Trump ACA Rules
The misnamed “market stabilization” rules sabotage the Affordable Care Act by significantly reducing the open enrollment time period and creating other conflicts with state laws. Like President Trump’s threats to eliminate the cost-sharing subsidies, his new regulations will destabilize, rather than strengthen, the health insurance market.
House GOP bill amendments guts essential health benefits
The newly proposed amendments magnify the House GOP bill’s flaws by removing essential health benefits from health insurance coverage. After years of rallying against Obamacare and promising to repeal it, the GOP has concocted a proposal that is shortsighted, ill-conceived and dangerous to the health of people who need health insurance coverage and already have it today thanks to the Affordable Care Act.
Jones calls House GOP Trumpcare amendments cruel
According to House Republicans, apparently one of the major flaws of their bill is that it does not give massive tax breaks to the wealthy early enough. Accordingly, their amendment accelerates tax giveaways to the wealthy by a year. Most of the remaining amendments represent the GOP’s continued attack on Medicaid, the safety net that Americans have relied on for the past half-century.
Appeals court affirms Commissioner’s authority to protect health consumers
The California Court of Appeal has rejected health insurers’ lawsuit against Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones challenging regulations he issued to protect consumers from unlawful cancellations of their health insurance. The Association of California Life and Health Insurers (ACLHIC) sued Commissioner Jones to invalidate his regulations that protect consumers from having their insurance unfairly terminated, claiming the commissioner lacked the authority to adopt them and that they were inconsistent with statute.
Anthem & California Insurance Commissioner Respond To Blocked Cigna Merger
“Anthem is significantly disappointed by the decision as combining Anthem and Cigna would positively impact the health and well-being of millions of Americans – saving them more than $2 billion in medical costs annually,” said Joseph R. Swedish, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Anthem.