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News stories in this section spotlight activities in California, including actions by the state Assembly and state Senate; proposed legislation; regulators like the Department of Managed Health Care and Department of Insurance; and the state ACA exchange, Covered California.

For Conservatives, It’s A New Day In Health Care

With Donald Trump’s recent appointment of Republican Rep. Tom Price to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, President-elect Trump’s promise to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act seems likely to happen.

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New Mobile ID Card from Word & Brown General Agency Allows Employees with New Insurance to See the Doctor Sooner

Word & Brown General Agency has launched a new mobile ID card app designed to help brokers service their small and large group clients.

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Insurers’ Flawed Directories Leave Patients Scrambling For In-Network Doctors

Penny Gentieu did not intend to phone 308 physicians in six different insurance plans when she started shopping for 2017 health coverage.

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Drug Price Transparency Before California Lawmakers Again

A key California lawmaker has reintroduced legislation intended to make drug price increases more transparent, vowing to take up arms again with the pharmaceutical industry over runaway costs.

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Many Parents With Job-Based Coverage Turn To Medicaid, CHIP To Insure Kids

Lower income parents who have health insurance through their employers are increasingly likely to forgo family coverage and enroll their kids in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) instead, a new study found.

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In House Majority Leader’s California District, Many Depend On Health Law He Wants To Scrap

U.S. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act first and replace it sometime later. That doesn’t sit well with Victoria Barton, who lives in McCarthy’s rural California district.

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Back To The Future: Insurance Pools For High-Risk Patients Could Be Revived

It wasn’t so long ago that health insurance horror stories fueled discussions around the family dinner table and the national debate over health care reform.

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Democrats Clinch A Supermajority In Both Houses of the California Legislature After Josh Newman Wins State Senate Seat

Democrat Josh Newman has defeated Assemblywoman Ling Ling Chang (R-Diamond Bar) to win the race for the 29th Senate District, giving Democrats in the Legislature a two-thirds majority in both houses.

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New Quotit Mobile App Helps Brokers Find Right ACA Plans for Consumers

Quotit Corporation, the leading national provider of Internet sales and marketing solutions for the health insurance and employee benefits industry, has launched a new mobile quoting app, QuotitGO. QuotitGO gives brokers the ability to quote insurance options for consumers on the go, including real-time subsidy calculations, an important distinction between QuotitGO and other apps as over 85% of Americans qualified for subsidies in 2015 when enrolling in ACA marketplace plans.

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Tom Price, Obamacare Critic, Is Trump’s Choice for Health Secretary

If President-elect Donald J. Trump wanted a cabinet secretary who could help him dismantle and replace President Obama’s health care law, he could not have found anyone more prepared than Representative Tom Price, who has been studying how to accomplish that goal for more than six years.

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