Latest California Healthline Stories
When It’s Time To Split Up The Family
Covered California is making it easier for consumers to buy different health plans for different family members.
Should Big Insurance Become Like Walmart To Lower Health Costs?
Evidence shows dominant insurers hold down hospital prices. Big insurers seeking to get bigger want to take that idea to the extreme.
Covered California’s Affordability Challenge
California Healthline’s Chad Terhune discusses with KPCC the implications of the exchange’s announcement that average premium increases in 2017 will be more than triple what they were in the previous two years.
Frustrated You Can’t Find A Therapist? They’re Frustrated, Too
Low payments and high hassles make many therapists shun insurance companies.
What Do Covered California’s Big Rate Hikes Mean For You?
We answer some key questions to help consumers make sense of today’s news about large premium increases in the state’s Obamacare exchange.
Covered California Health Plan Rates To Jump 13.2 Percent In 2017
A double-digit increase, which follows two years of moderate rate hikes, is likely to resonate across the country in debate over Obamacare.
Did Blue Shield Of California Short-Change Consumers On Refunds?
A class-action suit says the state’s third largest insurer owes beneficiaries more than $34 million. Blue Shield says the allegations are “misinformed and incorrect.”
Hospital Workers Union Pulls California Ballot Measure On Hospital Exec Pay
The proposed initiative, which had enough signature to qualify for the November ballot, would have limited the annual pay of hospital executives to $450,000.
California Regulators’ Split View of Health Insurance Mergers
California’s insurance commissioner, Dave Jones, and the Department of Managed Health Care’s Shelley Rouillard have opposing views of at least one major insurance company merger proposal. California Healthline’s Chad Terhune recently discussed the state’s merger landscape on Connecticut Public Radio station WNPR.
California Insurance Commissioner Weighs In Against Aetna-Humana Deal
Commissioner says $37 billion deal would stifle market competition, raise health insurance rates and reduce access to care.