Month: October 2024
On September 27, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law two bills that will impact health care service plans and insurers in the state. AB 3275 – Health Care Coverage: Claim Reimbursement AB 3275 amends, repeals, and adds California Health and Safety Code §§ 1371, 1371.34, 1371.35, Insurance Code §§ 10123.13, 10123.147, and Welfare and ...
Four California governor hopefuls made big promises on single-payer health care but skimped on details Sunday during a candidate forum at a health workers’ union conference in San Francisco.
California now has a new pet health insurance law that could serve as a laboratory showing what happens when the government adds coverage requirements to what has been a largely unrelated market. Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, today signed a pet insurance bill introduced by state Sen. Steven Glazer, D-Orinda, Calif., that’s based heavily on a model developed by the ...
Californians with medical debt will no longer have to worry about unpaid medical bills showing up on their credit reports under legislation signed Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, adding the nation’s most populous state to a growing effort to protect consumers squeezed by unaffordable medical bills. The bill, by Sen. Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) and backed by ...