California To Broaden Autism Coverage For Kids Through Medicaid
September 16, 2014
Maria Cruz had never heard the word autism until her daughter, Shirley, was diagnosed as a toddler. Read More
Melding Health Overhaul and Taxes Gets Complicated
September 16, 2014
President Barack Obama's health care law uses the tax system to subsidize coverage for the uninsured. Read More
Hurdles for Obama Health Law in 2nd Sign-Up Season
September 16, 2014
Potential complications await consumers as President Barack Obama's health care law approaches its second open enrollment season, just two months away. Read More
Health-Law Advocates to Tweak ACA Marketing Campaign for the Fall
September 16, 2014
The sales pitch for the health law is getting an overhaul for the fall. Read More
Intervenor Role Now Politically Charged
September 16, 2014
The latest volley in the war over Proposition 45, the November ballot initiative to regulate health insurance rate hikes, is over intervenors who play an obscure role in the state's process for overseeing insurance. Read More
Trial-Lawyer Scam: Vote No On Prop. 45
September 16, 2014
In California, health insurance is already thoroughly regulated by the state. Read More
IRS Commissioner: We’ll Deal With Obamacare Even Though Congress Has Withheld Funding Request
September 16, 2014
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told Congress on Wednesday his agency is not getting the funding it needs to help consumers sift through new Obamacare requirements during next year's filing season. Read More
Governor Signs Bill Requiring Paid Sick Leave
September 16, 2014
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law Wednesday morning to provide at least three days of paid sick leave annually to every worker in California, extending the benefit to some 6.5 million employees, or about 40 percent of California's workforce. Read More
Obamacare Has Reduced The Uninsured Rate For Virtually Everyone – Except Kids
September 16, 2014
By now, the evidence seems pretty clear that Obamacare has reduced the ranks of the uninsured across virtually every demographic since the start of the law's coverage expansion in January. Read More
Health Law Has Caveat on Renewal of Coverage
September 16, 2014
Millions of consumers will soon receive notices from health insurance companies stating that their coverage is being automatically renewed for 2015, along with the financial assistance they received this year from the federal government. Read More