Latest California Healthline Stories
Hotline Opened for Cancellation Issues
After making national news last week by deciding not to extend the deadline for non-compliant insurance policies, Covered California launches a hotline today to field calls related to policy cancellations.
Decision To Deny Policy Extensions Surprisingly Easy for Exchange Board
The Covered California board’s unanimous decision yesterday to reject President Obama’s deadline extension plan and leave California’s deadlines in place for individual insurance policies was met with almost universal support from stakeholders.
Exchange Readies Second Web Opening
The Covered California website will upgrade this weekend and then launch for a second time — this time with capability to enroll small business owners and employees in the SHOP program.
Interest in Exchange Running High, but Enrollment a Fraction of Stated Goals
Covered California hopes to sign up more than half a million state residents to subsidy-eligible plans during its first enrollment period. Judging from October numbers released yesterday, the exchange has a long way to go.
Groups Gear Up for Big Enrollment Events
High-profile community organizations are joining forces to help promote the Affordable Care Act and Covered California with large neighborhood events.
Insurance Broker Wants To Be in Exchange
Several prominent legislators are supporting a push by a Web-based health insurance broker to be included in the state’s health benefit exchange enrollment effort.
Opening Month Numbers Indicate Intense Interest in Calif. Exchange
The first month of the exchange is wrapping up — with more than two million Web inquiries and more than 200,000 phone discussions about health coverage through Covered California.
What Medicare Part D Can — and Can’t — Teach Us About the Affordable Care Act
Increasingly, observers are cautioning: Don’t rush to judgment about the Affordable Care Act’s insurance marketplaces, because the launch of Medicare Part D was rocky, too. But comparing the two programs makes less and less sense as the weeks go by.
Exchange Wants Covered California Days
Every California citizen needs health coverage and every California city needs a day to celebrate that, according to a new plan from the state’s health benefit exchange.
Exchange Officials Address ‘Glitchy’ Start
At the first meeting of the health benefit exchange board since Covered California’s enrollment effort launched, officials evaluated many facets of the rollout, including the “glitchy beginning.”