| 8/27/2010 |
| Health bills hang in the balance as sesssion ends |
|
California is poised to become the first state in the nation to establish a health insurance exchange, the centerpiece of the new federal health law. The exchange would serve as a government-run marketplace from which millions of Californians, many of them currently uninsured, would be able to purchase health coverage.
Two key bills – one setting up the exchange and the other creating an oversi
...more
...more
|
|
|
| |
| 8/25/2010 |
| Calif. Legislature advances health care reform |
|
California lawmakers advanced several bills Tuesday that would help the state implement national health care reform, over the objection of Republicans.
The state Senate narrowly approved two bills to set up an insurance exchange that would allow people to shop for health insurance. The exchange would let people compare insurance plans and buy coverage through a consumer-friendly website.
Rep
...more
...more
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| 8/24/2010 |
| Lawmakers pass measure to limit rate hikes |
|
The measure, AB 2042, was part of a flood of bills approved as the Legislature heads into its last week of the current session. Other measures would exempt some state agencies from furloughs, require the state to accept its own IOUs from businesses, urge the Census Bureau to ask people whether they're gay, and restrict the use of taxpayer funds to film commercials outside of California. ...more
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| 8/9/2010 |
| New path opening to health coverage |
|
California will open a new high-risk health insurance plan in September for people who have medical conditions that make it difficult, if not impossible, to obtain coverage.
The plan will be one of the first major results of the national health reform law. With $761 million in federal funding, it is expected to provide coverage for 20,000 to 25,000 Californians. ...more
|
|
|
| |
| 8/9/2010 |
| New health law may bring pricier premiums |
|
Employers and consumers sorting through their health insurance options may see a bump in their rates next year to account for the potential impact of some of the early elements of the federal health overhaul law, according to some health experts.
Jeff Sher, an independent health insurance agent and consultant in San Francisco, said he's anticipating employee coverage at mid-size companies to go
...more
...more
|
|
|
| |
| 8/9/2010 |
| Doctors Get Dose of Technology From Insurers |
Doctors Get Dose of Technology From Insurers
By AVERY JOHNSON
Health-insurance companies including Humana Inc. and Aetna Inc. are stepping into the race to equip doctors with high-tech patient records.
The lure: the estimated 80% of U.S. physicians and 90% of hospitals whose records are still on paper, and the $27 billion in federal stimulus money available to help these hold
...more
|
|
|
| |
| 8/6/2010 |
| High-risk insurance pool to start coverage in Sept |
|
California’s newly expanded program for people who can’t get insurance because of pre-existing medical conditions is about to open for business.
The program, one of the first pieces of federal health reform to be implemented here, is already accepting requests for applications, which will be available later this month. Coverage will begin in September. ...more
|
|
|
| |
| 8/6/2010 |
| Rates, firms set on high-risk health insurance |
|
A state board charged with managing a new program for Californians who are unable to get health insurance due to pre-existing health conditions made some key decisions Thursday about the high-risk pool, which will be the first major piece of the federal health overhaul law to go into effect.
The Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board announced the premium rates and said it had selected two compan
...more
...more
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| 11/2/2009 |
| An antitrust exemption for insurers? |
|
I suspect I had the same reaction as many other Americans after hearing that Congress was planning to strip the health insurance industry of its antitrust exemption.
My question was: What idiots exempted health insurers from antitrust law in the first place? ...more
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
