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Agents may be responsible for success of state’s health insurance exchange

May 15, 2014May 14, 2014 Marc

Insurance exchange reaches enrollment goals with the help of agents California officials have been boasting about the state’s insurance exchange achieving its enrollment goals, but insurance agents, rather than the exchange itself, may be the reason behind the high rate of enrollments. Covered California has been working to market its insurance services to consumers throughout the state for several months. The exchange encountered modest technical difficulties that had made the enrollment process problematic for many people, but these issues were overcome fairly quickly. Despite other problems, the exchange was able…

Insurance agents were central to the health care reform successes in California

May 14, 2014May 12, 2014 Julie Campbell

California health insurance industry agent

Regardless of political beliefs with surrounding Obamacare, many achievements were made by these professionals. From the time that the Affordable Care Act truly went into full swing, last October, insurance agents played a key role in making sure that the people who required coverage would be able to find the health plans that they needed, at the best available prices. When the Covered California exchange first started, these professionals were not seen to be as important as they became. Both the officials from California and President Obama, himself, had been…

California insurance agents are having trouble adapting to health care reform

May 1, 2014April 28, 2014 Logan B.

California insurance exchange creates some problems for agents Some insurance agents in California are encountering problems with the state’s insurance exchange, Covered California, as they begin to clash with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The law allows consumers to keep their medical information private, giving them the option to divulge this information under certain circumstances. In the past, agents were able to obtain medical information from their clients with relative easy. Now, however, this information is becoming more difficult to acquire, which is having a…

California health insurance exchange for small businesses taken down

February 17, 2014February 15, 2014 G. Turner

The SHOP marketplace in the state is now no longer available for businesses shopping for coverage. The most populous state in the country has now decided to take down the California health insurance exchange that was meant for small businesses, likely only temporarily, only four months after it had opened its doors in the first place. This could be seen as yet another blow to the health care reform law for keeping costs down for employers. Officials in the state revealed that they would be suspending enrollments occurring online through…

California faces a new problem with health care reform

January 31, 2014January 29, 2014 Logan B.

New health insurance issue erupts in California A new health insurance problem has emerged in California and several hundred consumers have already been affected by it. Late last year, many people throughout the state received notifications from their insurance provider informing them that their coverage would be canceled due to the health care reform law. Many of those with cancelled policies went to the state’s insurance exchange in order to find new coverage. In most cases, consumers were able to find less expensive coverage with better benefits, but now many…