Latest California Healthline Stories
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.”
CalPERS Approves More Modest Health Insurance Rate Hikes Than Last Year
Average premium increases for the agency’s 2017 HMO and PPO plans are indicative of health care cost trends.
Long-Term Care Insurance: Less Bang, More Buck
Seniors slammed with big premium increases face tough choices.
Buying Supplemental Insurance Can Be Hard For Younger Medicare Beneficiaries
Congress left it to states to determine whether private Medigap plans are sold to the more than 9 million disabled people younger than 65 who qualify for Medicare. The result: rules vary across the country.
Head Of California Exchange Scolds UnitedHealth For Blaming Woes On Obamacare
Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, says the giant insurer’s complaints about ACA exchanges are “total spin and unanchored in reality.”
Short-Term Health Plans: The Pros And Cons
“You could get one of these plans, pay the uninsured tax penalty and still pay less.”