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This broad category includes articles concerning health insurance costs, carrier and health plan news, changing benefits technology, and surveys by the Kaiser Family Foundation and others on employee benefits.

Voter Registration Training: New Covered California Agent Requirement

Under federal and state law, Certified Insurance Agents (CIAs) are required to offer Covered California consumers assistance with registering to vote.

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Prop. 45 Could Interfere With Covered California, Opponents Say

Opponents of Proposition 45 say the measure, which would give the state insurance commissioner authority over proposed health insurance rates, could interfere with Covered California.

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Covered California Announces Proposed Rates for 2015 Small Business Health Options Program

Health insurance premiums for Covered California's Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) have been proposed and submitted to state regulators.

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Obama Administration Closing Health law Loophole For Plans Without Hospitalization

Moving to close what many see as a major loophole in Affordable Care Act rules, the Obama administration will ban large-employer medical plans from qualifying under the law if they don't offer hospitalization coverage.

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Computer Glitch at Covered California Sending Multiple, Conflicting Messages

A "small subset" of applicants to Covered California has been deluged with multiple notices, as many as 20 different letters -- some of them with conflicting eligibility information, exchange officials said.

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Soft Launch For Obamacare’s Business Exchange

Businesses in five states received early access Monday to select features at ObamaCare's online health insurance marketplace for small employers.

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Obamacare’s Success Has Small Business Dropping Coverage

U.S. small businesses are dropping health insurance for their workers, as Obamacare lets them send employees to new marketplaces where they can often get subsidies from the government to buy coverage.

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Consumers Whose Income Drops Below Poverty Get Break On Subsidy Payback

Right about now, some low-income people who just barely qualified for subsidies on the health insurance marketplace are starting to worry: What if my income for the year ends up below the poverty level?

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Covered California Spends $13.4 Million To Fix Obamacare Service Woes

California's health insurance exchange hired two outside firms for $13.4 million to address long wait times for consumers calling about their Obamacare coverage.

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Health Plans, Providers Increasingly Partner on Narrow Network Plans

Insurers and providers increasingly are entering into partnerships to offer health plans with narrow provider networks, Modern Healthcare reports.

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