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Back to homepageInsurance agent: Covered CA CEO ‘should immediately resign’
Merry Christmas, everyone! The California media’s coverage continue to be on the benign side when it comes to our version of Obamacare. The recent revelations of Covered California’s deceit on insurance sign-ups were barely reported, with just a handful of
Read MoreObamacare drop-dead date, quietly extended
With today as the final deadline to sign up for an Obamacare health plan, the White House announced yet another extension. According to the Washington Post, the White House did this without any public announcement of the change: But, without any public announcement,
Read MoreDon’t trust Covered California’s latest round of happy talk
While the national media increasingly seem to have figured out that Obamacare is a farce, its California version continues to get better press than it should. Stories about the extreme sticker shock faced by CA residents turn up in AP
Read MoreCovered California admits ‘mistake’ that made it seem a success
So Covered California has admitted a mistake in its initial description of signups for California’s version of Obamacare, and it was that fake description that led to stories across the nation about Obamacare getting off to a great start in
Read MoreMerry Covered CA Christmas: No payment, no health coverage
If you are signing up for Obamacare, I hope you’ve already put your check in the mail. If you haven’t paid by Dec. 23, don’t count on having Obamacare insurance in January. As with all insurance coverage, the plan must
Read MoreObamacare docs ‘just say no’
“If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan. Period.” Repeated for more than three years by President Barack Obama, this is a phrase nearly everyone
Read MoreLatino enrollment in Covered California lags
In the wake of the disastrous healthcare.gov rollout, many defendants of the Affordable Care Act began to look for a bright spot. They soon pointed to Covered California, California’s health insurance exchange, as a national model. There are several differences
Read MoreActual state residents would struggle to recognize Paul Krugman’s California
What is it about California that inspires such insistently cheerful happy talk from New York Times columnist/Princeton professor Paul Krugman? This spring he claimed that California was in the middle of a roaring comeback. Has he ever been here? Read
Read MoreCovered California unplugs most top hospitals from patients
President Obama has been claiming that people can keep their favorite doctors under the Affordable Care Act. But anyone who wants a premier hospital in California better do some homework before signing up. A survey of the state’s top hospitals
Read MoreLAT on Covered CA: No mention of mass cancellations, sticker shock
So Chad Terhune of the L.A. Times does a story on Covered California that notes the state’s version of Obamacare: 1) Isn’t doing that well signing up young people, who are essential to the economics of the Affordable Care Act,
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