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Yep, We’re Still Having a Public Health Emergency
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has officially extended the COVID-19 public health emergency ahead of its expiration on Saturday, July 25. The extension is for another 90 days. There...
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AHIP Sounds Alarm on Recent Drug Executive Orders
On the heels of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announcing a favorable average basic premium for 2021 and the Trump administration signing three executive orders that placed...
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Are You Leading with Resilience?
Welcome. Interested in interesting COVID data? Check out this great graphic offered by The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living. It’ll tell you info on...
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Don’t Miss CA Statewide Medicare Expo
Ten local California Association of Health Underwriters chapters will host a California Statewide Medicare Expo next week. This is a virtual expo that’s a no-brainer. For the cost of registration...
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Really, Aetna? DMHC Orders Aetna to Stop Wrongfully Denying Payment for...
This just in from The California Department of Managed Health Care: [DMHC] has ordered Aetna Health of California, Inc. to stop using the plan’s national standard to deny payment for emergency room...
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Whole Lotta Medicare Fun
Last week we spent some time at the California Statewide Medicare Expo, an event hosted by 10 local California Association of Health Underwriters chapters. It was great to see Cal Broker’s own Naama...
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Got Something to Say?
SPONSOR: With plenty of insurance and other issues to parse lately, Cal Broker magazine is happy to offer space for guest editorials. Please remember that the views expressed are those of the authors,...
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NAIC Life Insurance Policy Locator Matches More Than $1 Billion to Beneficiaries
Every year millions of dollars in life insurance benefits go unclaimed because people can’t find their deceased loved ones’ policies or, in some cases, may not even know the policies exist. FYI..The...
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RIP RBG; ACA At Bigger Risk.
With the death of justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Commonwealth Fund’s Timothy Jost writes that the ACA is more at risk than it was just a week ago. Here Jost parses the odds that health insurance will be...
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Both Presidential Candidates Say Private Health Insurance Has a Role
Allison Bell over at ThinkAdvisor says there’s at least one thing we now know after last night’s U.S. presidential debate (if we can call that televised interruption match a debate): Biden and Trump...
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Pandemic Spotlights Need for Consumer Insurance Ed
Here’s a real opportunity to make your clients happy and insurance smarter! A new survey from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) shows that, overall, 47% of consumers surveyed...
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Lara Tells Insurers They Owe Consumers a Refund
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has issued a notice to health insurance and specialized health insurance companies, urging that they issue refunds back to their policy holders because...
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Health Insurers Post Record Profits in Second-Quarter 2020
We see very high potential for misinterpretation by the public in this news…AM Best says U.S. health insurers’ net underwriting income in second-quarter 2020 increased to $28.3 billion from $9.1...
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Don’t Miss VCAHU/LAAHU’s ‘GET up, Go and Grow!’
The finale of a four part series Webinar brought to you by VCAHU and LAAHU is happening Thursday, October 29, from 3p.m. to 4:30p.m. Pacific. Hear the ultra-dynamic speaker/author James Lloyd. You...
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Keep Calm and…
Or laugh! Cal Broker reader Joel Vorensky, a health insurance agent/broker and mental health counselor in San Diego, recently dropped us a line. Joel is the author of I Dare To Heal. He has some...
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Are We Turning the Page? Not Without Drama
Many of you — including America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) — may be ready to turn the page to brighter times, but darn if it isn’t taking some time. ThinkAdvisor has an excellent account of the...
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Dust Off Those Walking Shoes!
The CAHU Foundation will host a charity walkathon November 27-29 from wherever you are! You can sign up and commit to walking a challenging distance and then donate through a NAHU donation page....
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A Great Big Thank you!
As we head into Thanksgiving, the Cal Broker team would like to thank our loyal readers and supporters. May you move through the pandemic and open enrollment with courage and health. Please continue...
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Amazon is Now a Pharmacy
We still remember when the only thing Amazon sold was books (and we thought that was pretty cool)! But things have come a long way in a short time. Amazon has now launched a pharmacy integrated right...
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Get Covered America!
Thursday, Dec. 10, is “Get Covered America Day.” The national initiative is a call to action, urging people to stay home, wear a mask, support health care heroes and help 16 million uninsured...
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