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Anthem adjusts Individual health plan offerings in California for 2018

August 1, 2017 By Kevin Knauss 1 Comment

Next year, we will offer plans in three regions of Northern California only, which will include Redding, Santa Clara County, and Stockton/Modesto. The coverage options will include EPO plans available both on-exchange and off-exchange, and at all metal levels. Staying in these three key areas will help ensure Californians in those regions have access to health plans.

Filed Under: Anthem Blue Cross Tagged With: Anthem, Blue Cross, California, Covered California, Family, Health Insurance, Individual

California Insurance Commissioner Urges VA To Stop Transgender Discrimination

June 29, 2017 By Kevin Knauss Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Cal DOI Tagged With: California, Health Insurance, Transgender, VA

Commissioner Jones issues statement following Senate Republicans’ health care proposal

June 22, 2017 By Kevin Knauss Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Cal DOI Tagged With: California, Health, Health Insurance, Jones, Republican, Senate

Cigna To Close California Individual and Family Plans for 2018

June 22, 2017 By Kevin Knauss Leave a Comment

As you may be aware, Cigna Individual and Family Plans has notified California regulators that Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company will not offer or renew Cigna LocalPlusIN (EPO), California LocalPlus (PPO), or California LocalPlusIN (EPO) medical plans in California in 2018.

Filed Under: Cigna Tagged With: California, Cigna, Health, Insurance, Plan

Insurance Commissioner Jones Bashes Repeal of ACA House Vote

May 4, 2017 By Kevin Knauss Leave a Comment

“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.

Filed Under: Cal DOI, CMS, HHS, Trumpcare Tagged With: California, Commissioner, Insurance, Jones, Trumpcare

Blue Shield Opposes New Trumpcare Plan

May 4, 2017 By Kevin Knauss Leave a Comment

the AHCA as currently drafted is flawed as well. The tax credits it provides do not vary based on either a person’s income or the cost of care where they live. There is no help with deductibles and co-pays for those with lower incomes. Millions of people, particularly older Americans, would not be able to afford health insurance or to get care when they need it. In addition, the recent amendments could return us to a time when people who were born with a birth defect or who became sick could not purchase or afford insurance, and when benefits were not there when people needed them the most.

Filed Under: Blue Shield, Trumpcare Tagged With: ACA, AHCA, Blue Shield, California, Obamacare, Trump

California Authorizes Health Insurers To File “Trump Rates” and “ACA Rates”

April 28, 2017 By Kevin Knauss Leave a Comment

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).

Filed Under: Cal DOI Tagged With: California, Health, Insurance, Jones, Rates, Trump

House GOP bill amendments guts essential health benefits

March 23, 2017 By Kevin Knauss 1 Comment

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.

Filed Under: Cal DOI, Trumpcare Tagged With: Amendments, California, GOP, Health, Insurance, Jones, Trumpcare

Jones calls House GOP Trumpcare amendments cruel

March 22, 2017 By Kevin Knauss Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Cal DOI, Trumpcare Tagged With: California, Jones, Trumpcare

Covered California Releases Regional Analysis Of Trumpcare vs. Obamacare

March 21, 2017 By Kevin Knauss Leave a Comment

Covered California released a new analysis on Monday, March 20th, that goes into greater detail regarding how consumers could be impacted by the changes in financial assistance proposed under the American Health Care Act (AHCA).

Filed Under: Covered California, Trumpcare Tagged With: Analysis, California, Trumpcare

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