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Covered California Rates To Jump 13.2 Percent
Source: Kaiser Health News
California’s Obamacare premiums will jump 13.2 percent on average next year, a sharp increase that is likely to reverberate nationwide in an election year.
The increase, announced by the Covered California exchange Tuesday, ends the state’s two-year respite from double-digit rate hikes.… Read the rest
Happy Fourth of July!
Shoreline Health Insurance wishes you a safe and happy Fourth of July holiday. As we celebrate this Independence Day, let’s take time to remember those who are serving our country at home and abroad and especially those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to preserve our independence.… Read the rest
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Enjoy your transgender bathrooms. We just lost America.
Kyle S. Reyes | May 17, 2016
While you were fighting over who should use what bathrooms at Target, we lost our country.
While you were arguing with coworkers over who would leave the country first if Trump/Clinton were elected, the “American Dream” perished.… Read the rest
Obamacare Premiums In California May Rise 8 Percent Next Year, State Predicts
Source: Kaiser Health News
California’s health insurance exchange estimates that its Obamacare premiums may rise 8 percent on average next year, which would end two consecutive years of more modest 4 percent increases.
The projected rate increase in California, included in the exchange’s proposed annual budget, comes amid growing nationwide concern about insurers seeking double-digit premium hikes in the health law’s insurance marketplaces.… Read the rest
Significant premium hikes expected under Obama health law
Insurers will seek significant premium hikes under President Barack Obama’s health care law this summer — stiff medicine for consumers and voters ahead of the national political conventions.
Expect the state-by-state premium requests to reflect what insurers see as the bottom line: The health law has been a financial drain for many companies.… Read the rest
California Effort is Underway to Allow Undocumented Immigrants to Buy Healthcare Coverage
Source: Los Angeles Times
California would be the first state in the nation to ask the federal government to allow immigrants in the country illegally to purchase health insurance through a state exchange under new proposed legislation.
Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) authored a bill that would have the state formally request the federal government to give permission for immigrants to pay for coverage through Covered California without cost to the state or federal government.… Read the rest