Kevin Knauss: Health, History, Travel, Insurance
Covered California has released the preliminary health insurance rates for 2016 conveniently avoiding telling some consumers that they will see a 30% to 44% increase in their monthly rates. While Covered California was massaging the statistics to promote a statewide weighted average increase of only 4%, consumers enrolled in some Blue Shield plans in Northern […]
Covered California has released a list of new and updated documents to help Certified Insurance Agents and Certified Enrollment Counselors assist existing Marketplace exchange members renew their health insurance for 2016. The focus of the renewal tool kit is on consent for verification, immigration and lawful presence, consumers who haven’t filed a 2014 tax return, and […]
The income table shows the minimum amount of annual income to qualify for either Medi-Cal or tax credits for a private plan through Covered California. To view the monthly Medi-Cal eligibility income amounts please visit my Medi-Cal Page. 2025 FPL Covered California Income Table Covered California 2024 with Medi-Cal monthly income levels. Open Enrollment income […]
Covered California has made great strides in reducing consumer telephone wait times and assisting individuals and families with health plan enrollments. What has bubbled to the surface is the failure of the Help Desk to resolve consumer enrollment problems ostensibly created by Covered California’s CalHEERS software. While there is no published data on the length […]
Hidden within every health plan sold through Covered California is a fee to fund their operation. This per member per month (pmpm) fee applies to both individual and family plans, small group plans sold through the exchange and adult dental plans if they are ever offered. These fees, paid by the health plans and insurance […]
A year and half after the launch of Covered California the CalHEERS enrollment website is still a work in progress. Covered California released more instructional briefs on changes they’ve made to the California Health Enrollment Eligibility Retention System (CalHEERS) website. Just when Certified Insurance Agents thought they had figured out how to navigate CalHEERS, new […]
Consumers who have purchased their health insurance through Covered California are always being admonished to report any changes to their income to keep their tax credits in sync with their estimated Modified Adjusted gross Income. The latest spring 2015 iteration of reporting a change to a consumer’s income under the Special Enrollment Period section can […]
In updated Frequently Asked Questions regarding the ACA Premium Tax Credits and federal tax returns, the IRS says tax payers can file with what they know are bad 1095-As issued by Covered California. The tax payer will then have the option to file an amended tax return if they are entitled to a larger […]
Families who purchased health insurance and pediatric dental through Covered California are getting a corrected 1095-A Marketplace statement because Covered California forgot to add the pediatric dental insurance premiums on the initial 1095-A. For families who have already filed their taxes with the incorrect information and subsequently received a corrected 1095-A, they may have to […]
The Treasury Department has decided to expand their February 24 announcement waiving collection of under reported health insurance tax credits to states that are running their own Marketplace exchanges. Tax payers who already filed their tax returns using incorrect 1095-As issued by Covered California will not be subject to the collection of excess Advance Premium […]
