California Watch
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.
California's health exchange is violating the law by canceling private coverage for up to 95,000 people because they might qualify for Medi-Cal, the state's insurance commissioner says.
President Obama's executive action on immigration, announced last month, could potentially come with a much sweeter - and healthier - deal for undocumented immigrants in California than in the rest of the country.
Almost 145,000 Blue Shield of California members who get their health benefits through work will be affected by a contract break with Sacramento-based Sutter Health - if it holds.
The state Senate and Assembly reconvene on Monday in Sacramento. Both houses have new leadership and the makeup of both health committees also has changed.
Jerry Brown was sworn into his fourth term as governor of California Monday morning. In a wide-ranging inaugural address (that doubled as a State of the State address), he included some brief remarks about the Affordable Care Act.
With the deadline looming to re-enroll in California's insurance exchange, Kuei Lin Liu faced a tough question: Do I want to go through this all over again?
California’s health insurance exchange signed up more than 144,000 people in the first month this year and determined that another 157,000 were eligible for coverage.
California's health insurance exchange said 144,178 people have newly enrolled in Obamacare coverage during the first month of sign ups.
Twice a day, San Jose insurance agent Ruben Villanueva offers KZSF-AM La Kaliente's Latino listeners tips about consumer finance and all kinds of insurance.
California's insurance exchange said 48,950 new people signed up for Obamacare coverage during the first three weeks of open enrollment.