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Who Are The Uninsured In America?
The Kaiser Family Foundation, a non-profit, private operating foundation that focuses on the major health care issues and the United State’s role in global health policy, issued a report in October...
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Where Are The Uninsured In America?
In 2011, 48.6 Americans went uninsured; 47.9 million of those uninsured Americans were under the age of 65. [1, 2] Where do these uninsured Americans live? While a higher rate of uninsured are...
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Covered California Call Center In Concord Prepares For Start Of Affordable...
CONCORD (KCBS) — With major parts of the Affordable Care Act taking effect on Tuesday, the Covered California call center in Concord said they are prepared to answer questions about health care reform....
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5 Things You Need To Know About The ACA
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – The Affordable Care Act is a nationwide effort to cover millions more people with health insurance. Below are five key things to know about your options: Special Section: The...
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California’s Health Exchange Working With Insurance Agents To Benefit Small...
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— California’s health insurance exchange not only will allow individuals to shop for health insurance plans, but small businesses as well. Traditionally, businesses with 50...
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ConsumerWatch: ACA Leads To Rate Hikes For Some Policyholders
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – Some Californians are getting hit with a painful side effect of Obamacare: Their health insurance rates are going up. But California’s health care exchange says consumers...
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Nearly 1 Million Californians Could Lose Health Care Plans Under Obamacare
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The head of California’s new health insurance exchange estimates that nearly one million Californians may see their health insurance plans disappear when the Affordable Care Act...
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Obama Gets Help From Oracle, Google To Fix Healthcare Site
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — The Obama administration has recruited engineers from several prominent technology companies to help fix the technological problems preventing people from signing up for...
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Alameda-Based Health Plan Pulled From Covered California Insurance Marketplace
ALAMEDA (CBS SF) — An Alameda-based health plan offered through Covered California, the state’s health insurance marketplace that launched last month, has been removed as an option, officials from the...
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Millions Of Californians Could Qualify For Tax Subsidy Under Affordable Care Act
SAN JOSE (KCBS) — A new report finds that nearly two million people in California could qualify for tax subsidies under the new Affordable Care Act. The study comes as the federal insurance website...
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Social Security In 1935: How Today’s Health Law Should Evolve
“If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period.” – President Barack Obama speaking before the American Medical Association on June 15, 2009 The president’s...
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5 Ways To Buy Health Insurance Without A Government Exchange
The heart of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Health Insurance Marketplace, opened on October 1, and offers Americans a new way to purchase health insurance, but it is not the only way. Many...
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Enforcing The Health Law Mandate: What The IRS Can & Can’t Do
The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate is perhaps the most controversial piece of the health reform legislation. The law requires nearly all Americans maintain “minimal essential” health...
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Romneycare Vs. Obamacare: Key Similarities & Differences
The less-than-smooth launch of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges, coupled with the recent revelations that many who purchase health insurance on the individual market are receiving cancellation...
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Only 35,000 Enrolled In First Month Of California Healthcare Exchange
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — California’s new health insurance exchange tentatively enrolled 35,000 people during its first month of operation, a fraction of the eventual goal in the state with the nation’s...
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California Asks Health Insurers To Extend Policies
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California’s insurance commissioner on Thursday called on health insurance companies and the state insurance exchange to extend a deadline on individual policies through 2014 after...
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Three Glaring Changes Needed To Fix Obamacare
Written by Gillian Burdett via Examiner.com At a November 14 White house press briefing, President Obama acknowledged that “the roll out has been rough so far.” He was referring to the October 1 launch...
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Officials Happy With California Health Exchange Enrollment Rate So Far
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Despite low enrollment and website issues involving the Affordable Care Act on the federal level, state insurance exchanges in California and other states said they are happy...
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Calif. Health Exchange Enrollees Trending Older
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Initial enrollees in California’s online health insurance marketplace are trending older, according to a report released Thursday that provides the first detailed look at those who...
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Covered California Health Exchange Board Upholds Cancelling 1M Policies
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) – The board overseeing California’s health insurance exchange voted unanimously Thursday to stick with its current year-end deadline of phasing out more than 1 million individual...
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