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Walmart Waves Buh-bye to CVS Health. What’s Up with Humana?
Looks like its splitsville for Walmart and CVS Caremark PBM commercial and Managed Medicaid retail pharmacy networks. Like any good split, there are two sides to the story. CVS contends Walmart was...
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You’re Still Here! Here’s what we’ve been hearing lately:
Here’s what we’ve been hearing lately: Open enrollment was grueling. Health insurance law is dizzying. Your commissions have changed. Yet … you’re still here! So thank you. Thank you for bringing...
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Medicare-For-All?
This week California Senator Kamala Harris kicked off what will surely be a loooong and hard-fought race — with many contenders still to come–to win the Democratic nomination and ultimately try to...
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Internet ACA Searches Steered Customers Wrong
Be careful what you search for. Like “Obamacare plans” or “ACA,” for example. It seems people who used these search terms last fall were most often directed to websites that promote individual health...
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Dems Introduce “Medicare at 50” Act and More
Wow it looks like House members were busy health insurance bees today. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y. and Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn. introduced...
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Meet California’s Insurance Royalty
CAHU recently recognized its members who have been with the association for the long haul. Below is the list of esteemed insurance pros with the longest membership. Take a look: Fear, Katz, Brown,...
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Michael Cohen Testifies and There’s Still Insurance To Think About
We’ll keep this short because we have a feeling you may have spent the day glued to the television watching Michael Cohen testify before the U.S. Congress House Oversight Committee….may truth...
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Surprise! A New Brief on Balance Billing Legislative Options
FAIR Health, an independent, nonprofit organization that aims to bring transparency to health insurance information, released Teasing Apart the Threads to the Surprise Billing Debate: Understanding...
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Find Out Why Agents Are Superheroes!
Stop by and say hello to us March 18-19 at the Inland Empire Association of Health Underwriters annual sales symposium at the Riverside Convention Center. This year’s theme is “Agents Are...
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CAHU Goes to Washington
Under the leadership of Cathy Daugherty (that’s Cathy in the photo!), Region 8 Health Insurers Political Action Committee (HUPAC) chair, it looks like Cali agents meant business when they visited...
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California: Poppies Plus Insurance News
Have you been out to see the California poppies? The California state flower is pretty spectacular right now. (But please don’t try to land your helicopter in the middle of them). On to insurance...
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Insurers, Hospitals, Docs United on ACA lawsuit
Let lady justice decide: Insurers, hospitals and physicians are united in wanting to preserve the Affordable Care Act and have defended it in briefs filed with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals....
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Every Agent is a Superhero – LAAHU April 17!
Don’t miss LAHU’s annual symposium next week! It’s not too late to join in the fun. More info here. HEALTH CDI’s Lara Reappoints Bystry and Roxborough Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced...
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Expert Calls for ‘More Nuanced’ Understanding of Single Payer
HEALTH Commonwealth Report Calls for More Nuanced Single-Payer A new Commonwealth Fund report concluded that the most prominent features of U.S. single-payer proposals — a centralized financial and...
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Cal Broker is Conducting a Mental Health Benefits Survey!
California Broker is adding to it’s popular suite of surveys and views from the top. We’re conducting the first mental health benefits survey. If you haven’t been contacted and believe you should...
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California’s Undocumented Young Adults On Health Insurance Radar
Undocumented children are eligible for health insurance in California. Now Governor Gavin Newsom — with the support of Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara — are behind efforts to extend coverage to...
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CDI Says Healthcare ‘Conscience Objection’ is Wrong for California
Seems like the issue with the baker who refused to produce a cake for a wedding between two men has now made its way to the health care arena. The Trump Admin issued a federal rule this week called...
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Dickerson Insurance, an Alera Group, Acquires GA Shepler and Fear
Big news in California insurance agency circles: Dickerson Insurance Services, an Alera Group, announced it has acquired Roseville, California-based Shepler & Fear General Agency. Shepler &...
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Insurers Pay California Hospitals More Than Double Medicare
Our bet for most interesting California insurance news of the week involves lots of data! Researchers at West Health Policy Center released a study that found private insurers paid hospitals in...
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Covered Cal Determined to Reach Everyone
Covered California has earned their rep for innovative strategies to get the word out about health insurance options in the state. Remember last year’s effort to have commencement speakers mention the...
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