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Health insurance must be purchased by Californians by today

April 30, 2015April 28, 2015 Julie Campbell

The residents of that state will need to buy their coverage or they will face a tax penalty for the full year. Californians who haven’t yet purchased their health insurance plan under the Affordable Care Act have until the end of the day, today, to obtain their coverage and stop themselves from facing a tax penalty for the whole year. The second, extended enrollment period for the health care reform is now coming to an official close. Technically speaking, the health insurance enrollment period was supposed to have come to…

California legislation could extend health insurance coverage to undocumented immigrants

April 15, 2015April 13, 2015 Marc

1 million undocumented immigrants could gain access to health insurance coverage New legislation in California could make it possible for undocumented immigrants to receive health insurance coverage through the state’s Medicaid program and its insurance exchange. If successful, the legislation would expand coverage to an estimated 1 million immigrants that live in the state. The legislation is currently before the California Senate, where lawmakers are determining whether the initiative will be in the best interests of the state and its residents. Many could gain access to the state’s Medicaid program…

California could fall short of its health insurance enrollment goal

February 16, 2015February 14, 2015 S.Vagus

Covered California may not reach its enrollment goal this year California may be falling short of its goal to enroll 1.7 million people into its health insurance exchange, called Covered California. The state has been heavily promoting its insurance exchange, hoping to raise awareness of the availability of health insurance coverage for those that do not have it. During the last open enrollment period, the state managed to enroll hundreds of thousands of people into the exchange, but enrollment rates have slowed considerably during the last days of the latest…

Health insurance choice limitations frustrate many Californians

January 19, 2015January 17, 2015 G. Turner

For people living in some parts of the state, they are not seeing the selection that they feel they were promised. When Peter Lee, the executive director of Covered California, spoke about the health insurance exchange in the state, last July, he gave the impression that Californians would be able to use the marketplace to purchase their plans and would always have at least two plans from which to choose. However, depending on where they live, this is not always the case for many people across the state. Lee’s announcement…

California warns consumers to get health insurance coverage or face federal fines

January 16, 2015January 15, 2015 Marc

Covered California is encouraging consumers to purchase health insurance coverage California’s health insurance exchange is about to emphasize the potential fines that consumers could face by remaining uninsured. Covered California officials are warning consumers that the open enrollment period will be coming to an end soon, which means that those without health insurance coverage will face fines from the federal government for being uninsured. In order to help people avoid these fines, the state’s insurance exchange, which is the largest state-run exchange in the country, is taking steps to raise…