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New California health tax plan may increase premiums for privately insured residents
6+ hour, 56+ min ago (933+ words) LEGISLATORS THIS WEEK approved a health tax bill meant to continue critical federal funding for the state's Medicaid program, also known as Medi-Cal. Their approval comes despite warnings from health industry leaders that the tax, as designed, will raise premiums…...
This is gambling: Rising ACA premiums push Americans to riskier, no-frills health plans
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (653+ words) WHEN MELANIE MILLER saw that her health insurance premium payment was set to nearly triple to $914 a month this year, she stopped shopping on the Affordable Care Act marketplace. Though she practices yoga and is healthy, Miller said she still…...
Californians are keeping health insurance " but settling for less coverage to reduce costs
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (414+ words) DESPITE THE LOSS of federal subsidies that lowered costs for millions, California's private health insurance marketplace held nearly steady this enrollment season. In all, 1. 9 million Californians renewed their plan or selected one for the first time " a 2. 7% drop compared to…...
New Medicaid work rules could cost coverage for older adults " many of them women
4+ mon, 7+ hour ago (955+ words) LORI KELLEY'S DETERIORATING VISION has made it hard for her to find steady work. "This place knows me, and this place loves me," Kelley said of her employer. "I don't have to explain to this place why I can't read....
Rising premiums force families into painful choices on health coverage and life events
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (847+ words) NEW YORK-BASED PERFORMER'Cynthia Freeman, 61, has been trying to figure out how to keep the Affordable Care Act health plan that she and her husband depend on. Freeman and her husband,'Brad Lawrence, are freelancers who work in storytelling and podcasting....
Dreamers' nightmare: Health care coverage to end for 2, 300 undocumented immigrants
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (477+ words) In California, that means about 2, 300 Dreamers must find health insurance elsewhere or go without once their coverage is terminated at the end of the month. The decision was made by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency…...