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California insurance exchange seeks to boost Latino participation

December 18, 2014December 16, 2014 Julie Campbell

Efforts have been boosted to help to encourage this community to enroll in health plans through the online marketplace. Agents are finding that while the health insurance exchange in California has been designed to help residents of the state to be able to find the coverage that they need at a price that they can afford, and yet it remains a tough sell for many people. The primary struggle is in interesting Californians and motivating them to actually take part. According to some agents, this can be especially challenging in…

California health insurance exchange on track to reach enrollment goal

December 12, 2014December 11, 2014 Marc

California Health Insurance exchange popularity

Covered California is finding success in the most recent open enrollment period California’s health insurance exchange, Covered California, is reporting healthy enrollment numbers as the open enrollment period continues. The state has been working to promote the exchange as a place to find affordable insurance coverage for those that currently lack it. Promotional efforts seem to be paying off, as thousands of consumers have applied for coverage through Covered California. The state is currently on track to reach its goal of adding some 500,000 new consumers to the exchange during…

Medical groups team with Covered California to promote health insurance

December 5, 2014December 4, 2014 Nordstrom

Medical groups to work with state’s insurance exchange to promote coverage among consumers Medical groups are joining forces to promote health insurance coverage in California. The California Medical Association, along with various physician, hospital, and pharmaceutical groups, has partnered with Covered California, the state’s insurance exchange. Together, the groups will be encouraging consumers to enroll in the exchange and receive the insurance coverage that they need. The exchange’s open enrollment period began last month and will run through February 2015. Covered California aims to enroll 500,000 people during current enrollment…

Health insurance enrollments at Covered California launched on Saturday

November 17, 2014November 15, 2014 G. Turner

Residents of the state were able to begin using the service over the weekend in order to purchase their health plans. Covered California has once again opened its doors for residents of the state who are seeking to purchase their health insurance plans in order to comply with the requirements of the Affordable Care Act as it enters into its second round of open enrollment. The deadline for coverage to start, change or renew on January 15, 2015 is going to be December 15, 2014. This means that Californians now…

Health insurance will no longer be lost by 90,000 Californian families

October 17, 2014October 14, 2014 G. Turner

Officials in the state exchange have provided the documents so that residents can remain insured. Officials for Covered California have now stated that the majority of the over 90,000 families who had been at risk of losing their health insurance coverage and their tax subsidies for those plans as a result of incomplete information with regards to their legal residence within the state will no longer have this problem. These families now have the ability to provide the documents that are necessary so that they can keep their health plans.…