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Covered CA struggles to meet expectations

“This issue of making health care affordable is not easy.” It probably wasn’t what Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, hoped to announce in the exchange’s second year. But the remarks came on the heels of a new survey

Poor in CA whipsawed by disorganized health agencies

Chris Reed May 14, 2015

Poor people in California — starting with individuals who make less than $16,200 — are eligible for subsidized health care from Medi-Cal. About 12 million people are enrolled in the state program. Individuals who make from $16,200 to about $60,000

Study: CA hospitals waste money by ignoring ‘big data’

Chris Reed May 12, 2015

The “Moneyball” phenomenon of using advanced statistical analysis to gain advantage in professional sports has picked up steam over the past dozen years, to the point where it has broadly depressed scoring in baseball, as fielders are positioned precisely based

Covered CA deadline extended to April 30

John Seiler February 25, 2015

Originally the deadline to sign up was Feb. 15. But Covered California, the state’s implementation of the Affordable Care Act, now is extending the deadline to April 30. According to the program’s website: SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Covered California is offering a

Medi-Cal woes leave CA hurting

James Poulos February 20, 2015

A victim of its own success, California’s popular Medi-Cal program has rapidly swelled to a large enough size to malfunction. It’s known as Medicaid in the rest of the country and provides medical care to poor people. Mounting woes — from applicant

State in use-it-or-lose-it mode with $4B in bullet-train funds

Chris Reed January 10, 2015

The California bullet-train project — stalled for years by legal fights over land acquisition and the state’s business plan, uneven progress in planning and Gov. Jerry Brown’s abrupt downsizing of the scale of the project in 2013 — had its symbolic

Covered CA enrollees not necessarily Obamacare fans

Chris Reed May 10, 2014

There’s a logical fallacy to the stories, editorials and social media buzz saying or strongly implying that Covered California is a triumph because it is doing better than expected at signing up people for the Golden State’s version of Obamacare.

For The Los Angeles Times, a highly revealing juxtaposition

Chris Reed April 3, 2014

If you’re a conservative or libertarian who’s not just mad but astounded by how much the media protect Barack Obama, Wednesday’s front page of The Los Angeles Times was likely to generate either a stroke or a snort of disbelief/amusement.

Covered California continues to benefit from cheerleading media

Chris Reed April 1, 2014

Monday’s “deadline” for signing up for the Affordable Care Act triggered bad headlines for the federal health exchanges, which had an encore of last fall’s computer nightmares. But in California, Covered California enjoyed the usual upbeat happy talk in its

California’s version of Obamacare a success? Not by the numbers

Chris Reed January 26, 2014

I’m pretty amazed at how long the CA media have gone along with the idea that the state’s version of Obamacare is doing well. I wrote about Covered California in Sunday’s U-T San Diego: “… the state’s version of Obamacare has