Latest California Healthline Stories
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.
Boeing Contracts Directly With California Health System For Employee Benefits
Aerospace giant’s Southern California employees will have access to MemorialCare’s network of hospitals and clinics, in addition to UC Irvine Health and other providers.
California Regulator Signs Off On $37 Billion Aetna-Humana Insurance Merger
Aetna to spend nearly $50 million on health initiatives, agrees to more rate review.
California Insurance Commissioner Urges Feds To Block $54 Billion Anthem-Cigna Deal
Commissioner Dave Jones says the deal would further reduce competition in the state’s health insurance market and harm consumers.
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.
Gov. Brown Signs Bill Seeking OK For Exchange To Sell To Immigrants Without Documents
The state can now submit a potentially precedent-setting request for federal approval to allow immigrants living in California illegally to buy insurance from Covered California.
HHS Announces Plans To Curtail Consumers’ Use Of Short-Term Insurance Policies
The plans, which do not qualify as coverage under the Affordable Care Act and put consumers at risk of a tax penalty, can siphon healthy people away from the online marketplaces because they are generally less expensive.
Hike In Minimum Wage Will Push Some Workers Out Of Medi-Cal
The need to buy health insurance could eat into pay gains.
Lessons In Frustration: A Quest For Therapy In Rural California
A family says they struggled mightily to get treatment for their depressed teen — up against a therapist shortage and a resistant insurer.
UnitedHealth To Exit California’s Obamacare Market
Though United’s presence was small, its departure from the nation’s largest state underscores insurers’ ongoing dissatisfaction with Obamacare exchanges.