Insure Me Kevin

The overwhelming majority of the funds in the individual market are allocated to organizations targeting specific counties to promote Covered California.

I’ve talked with numerous people who, like me, had high hopes that CO-OPs would be a consumer focused option where the business model was not driven by profits.

While having a fully functional small business Covered California portal is important, it still remains to be seen how many of the estimated 375,000 small businesses in California will actually participate to set up health insurance plans for employees.

With Governor Brown’s signature on AB 1846, California can now move forward with the development of Consumer Oriented and Operated Plans (CO-OP) health insurance programs for small groups and businesses.

Within the span of 4 hours I met no less than 25 small business people that were excited to be a part of the Sacramento business community.

Small businesses will not be under the employer responsibility requirement if they have fewer than 50 employees. I don’t expect small, medium or large businesses to jettison their existing group insurance plans.

The biggest reward has been reminding myself that I can set “stretch goals” and put the time in to achieve them.

So at the age of 48 I have found my new dream job. It was way to easy to stand in front of a TelePrompTer and be the center of attention in an empty studio.

Thirty years after videos killed the radio star, I will finally star in my own digitally recorded medium for the small computer screen.

I have learned enough to know you that you will only engage quality people if you share quality content.