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All undocumented immigrants in California offered health insurance

January 3, 2024January 2, 2024 Logan B.

This makes California the first state in the country to implement such a regulation. California has become the first state in the country to offer health insurance to all undocumented immigrants. The coverage is available as of January 1 and represents a first anywhere in the country. Beginning this year, all undocumented immigrants in California will be able to qualify for Medi-Cal, which is the state’s version of the health insurance. This is true regardless of the age of the individual. Until last year, undocumented immigrants could not qualify to…

California health insurance can help people find housing in the state

May 20, 2022May 21, 2022 Julie Campbell

California health insurance - homes - houses

A new experimental plan has been rolled out through Medi-Cal for added support to plan members. A new experimental California health insurance program has been launched to help ease the massive homelessness crisis occurring across the state. The idea is that state residents will be able to obtain housing assistance through their coverage. The program is called CalAIM. It is a unique, experimental California health insurance program that brings healthcare together with housing across the state for the first time. This new strategy allows certain Medi-Cal recipients that are at…

California insurance could drive the economy in the long term

February 5, 2014February 3, 2014 G. Turner

Reports are showing that consumer spending is down, but subsidies could free up more cash. According to some of the latest reports – including those released by the largest retailer in the world, Walmart and the largest online retailer, Amazon – lower and middle income families have been cutting down on their spending, but at the same time, the changes made by the health care reforms could, in theory, help to use California insurance to boost the economy in the state. The reason is that the amount being paid for…

Reliance on public health insurance programs grows in California

November 5, 2013November 2, 2013 Logan B.

Californians turn to public health insurance programs to find the coverage they need The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has released a new analysis concerning health insurance coverage in California. The analysis shows that the number of people receiving coverage through public programs, such as Medicaid, grew in the years leading up to the Affordable Care Act. Many businesses throughout the state that had been offering health insurance benefits to employees did not choose to cut benefits, but economic pressures did cause them to shed workers. Increasing unemployment rates…

Stage set for health insurance brawl in California

June 17, 2013June 17, 2013 S.Vagus

California regulator seeks to prohibit company from state’s health insurance exchange California’s health insurance exchange, called Covered California, may be set for some controversy courtesy of Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. Commissioner Jones has made a somewhat unexpected move and has recommended that Anthem Blue Cross, one of the largest insurance companies in California, to be prohibited from participating in Covered California. Jones suggests that the company’s practices throughout the past have made it an unqualified candidate for the health insurance exchange. Commissioner Jones calls out Anthem Blue Cross for poor…

Health insurance rate increase in California lower than anticipated

May 28, 2013May 27, 2013 Logan B.

Health insurance rates expected to spike throughout the US For the past year, insurers throughout the U.S. have been warning that health insurance rates would grow at an alarming rate due to the Affordable Care Act. These warnings have come from some of the country’s largest insurers, many of whom had suggested that consumers would be unprepared for higher rates in the future, leading to a phenomenon known as rate shock. In California, however, health insurance rates have yet to show signs that support the warnings coming from insurance companies.…

Health insurance for high risk Californians to shift to federal program

May 24, 2013May 25, 2013 H. Cutner

There will be thousands of people in the state with serious medical conditions who will be affected. Beginning in July, there will be about 17,000 people with serious medical problems in California who will be shifting out of a state run health insurance stopgap program and into a federal plan. This will help to make sure that their coverage continues until the healthcare reforms become effective next year. This, according to an announcement that has been made by officials in the state. The state board responsible for overseeing the California…