From past experience, Lujan’s focus has been in the small business group market and that was the area he was initially brought in to manage. In recent months it has become evident that SHOP may not play as well as some people had anticipated. On top of the nervousness from small businesses and their lack of enthusiasm over the ACA, Anthem Blue Cross announced they won’t participate in SHOP.
California Health Insurance
Posts specifically related to California health insurance, enrollment, premiums, plans, termination, Covered California, Medi-Cal, Medicare, small groups.
Have I Sold Out With Google Ads On My Website?
The question I was faced with was if by adding Google ads I was selling out and abandoning my core business? It might actually scare some folks away from calling me if they perceive my website as just another advertising sink. But what do I have to lose?
Emergency Regulations Ensures Competitive Health Insurance Market in California
The emergency regulations force all “non-grandfathered” plans to include the 10 EHBs which means that plans offered through Covered California won’t be put at a substantial competitive disadvantage. Plans not offering all the benefits would have been priced lower than plans in the state exchange. While health insurance plans offered outside the Covered California may still be less expensive for a variety of reasons, at least they will have equivalent benefit designs.
Covered California funds massive outreach and education effort
The overwhelming majority of the funds in the individual market are allocated to organizations targeting specific counties to promote Covered California.
Health insurance may be unaffordable for families in group plans
Health care reform, which was suppose to make health insurance affordable, may force employees in group plans to make unaffordable choices.
Covered California Director Peter Lee answers questions
It’s not often that you get to ask questions of a director whose organization will soon have over half a billion in annual revenue. Peter Lee, director of Covered California and arguably the largest “start up” in California’s history, answered question from anyone about the new health insurance market under the state exchange.
Covered California builds small business group plans with PCMI
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.
Office visit, out patient and lab fee costs from Kaiser Northern California
It was nice to see that Kaiser of Northern California has put out an easy to read fee schedule for different office visits, procedures and lab tests.
California’s Pre-Existing Insurance Plan to Close the Window
The federally subsidized Pre-Existing Insurance Plan (PCIP) authorized and funded by the Affordable Care Act will stop accepting new applications as of March 2, 2013.
Families in Small Group Employer Plans May Save Money under ACA
There is the possibility that under the health insurance exchange and the construction of the new individual plans we could see premium rates less than what is being quoted today.