State Health Exchange Signs Up 11,000 In First Four Days

Health plan sign-ups in the first four days of Covered California's second season outpaced the early days of last year's maiden enrollment period by nearly four times, the state's Obamacare health insurance exchange said Thursday.

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Financial Health of Insurance Marketplace to be Tested in 2nd Year; Must be Self-Sustaining

The federal government shelled out billions of dollars to get health insurance marketplaces going in the 14 states that opted to run their own.

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HHS Formally Moves To Close Loophole Allowing Plans Without Hospital Benefits

The Obama administration took another step to close what many see as a health-law loophole that allows large employers to offer medical plans without hospital coverage and bars their workers from subsidies to buy their own insurance.

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Covered California, Redoubling Latino Enrollment Efforts

Covered California will "double-down" on its strategy to reach out to uninsured Latinos during a new enrollment period for health care under the state-run insurance exchange, the group's top executive said Monday.

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Healthcare.gov Gets Steady Traffic; Hits Bump

HealthCare.gov got steady consumer interest and also hit a bump Monday, the first weekday of the new sign-up season under the president's health overhaul.

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As California Expands Medicaid To New Beneficiaries, Many Others Are Dropped

When it comes to expanding health coverage to its poorest residents, California could be taking two steps forward and one step back.

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Target Calls in Kaiser Permanente to Staff Health Clinics

Target Corp. is teaming up with health care provider Kaiser Permanente to test of a new model for the retailer's in-store health clinics.

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Health Care Law Recasts Insurers as Obama Allies

As Americans shop in the health insurance marketplace for a second year, President Obama is depending more than ever on the insurance companies that five years ago he accused of padding profits and canceling coverage for the sick.

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Jones Proposes Lower Workers’ Compensation Premium Rate

California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones (D) has recommended an average pure premium rate for the state workers' compensation program that is lower than the state Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau's proposal, the Central Valley Business Times reports.

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How Little-Known MIT Professor Jonathan Gruber Shook Up Washington This Week

MIT economist Jonathan Gruber may not have been a household name, at least before this week, despite his being described as the "architect" of Obamacare and, previously, Romneycare in Massachusetts.

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