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Large Group Health – Do You Have Your Survey In?
The deadline is fast approaching to participate in the Large Group View From the Top. Contact Thora Madden immediately if you need a deadline extension or if you have any questions:...
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Happy Life Insurance Awareness Month
September kicks off life insurance awareness month. Have you checked out Cal Broker’s September magazine issue? We have the Life Insurance View from the Top and much more. You can find the magazine...
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Bill That Could Weaken ACA Employer Mandate Nears House Floor, CBO Says it...
This week the House Rules Committee is slated to consider a version of H.R. 3798 (the “Save American Workers of 2017” bill) that is said to include both the original text of H.R. 3798 and the text of...
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Covered Cal for Small Biz Announces 2019 Rates and Plans, Average Premium...
Covered California for Small Business (CCSB) unveiled the health plan choices and rates for small-business employers and their employees for the upcoming 2019 plan year. The statewide weighted average...
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Insurance Agents are Superheroes
We had a blast at the LAAHU and VCAHU Medicare Summit at Pickwick Gardens Conference Center in Burbank last week. Thank you AgentMethods for giving us this: HEALTHCARE California Continues to Fight...
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Sneak Peek: Cal Broker 2019 Editorial Calendar! Devon Hunter
We’ve just put the final touches on California Broker magazine’s 2019 media kit and editorial calendar. And we have so much in store for next year! Contact Devon Hunter now for an advance look:...
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CVS-Aetna Merger Take Giant Step Forward, Brings End to An Era of PBMs
The Justice Department announced today that the CVS-Aetna merger can go ahead as long as Aetna sells off its private Medicare drug plans. The $69 billion merger will bring to an end an era of big...
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AMERICAN MEDICAL Assn Doesn’t Like CVS-Aetna Merger
After last week’s move by the U.S. Justice Department regarding the CVS-Aetna merger, the nation’s doctors spoke out. The American Medical Association released the following statement: “While the AMA...
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CMS Announces Security Breach; Shuts Down Broker Pathway to Fed Exchanges
Well, this is certain to give more fodder to the folks who believe the Trump Administration is sabotaging the ACA: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced they detected...
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Don’t Miss NAHU’s Post-Election Debriefing!
Janet Trautwein, Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) and President of the National Association of Health Underwriters Education Foundation in Washington,...
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A New Commissioner: Ricardo Lara
It looks like Democrat Ricardo Lara will take Dave Jones’ place as California insurance commissioner after last night’s election. Last we looked, Lara had 50.8 percent of the vote, leading...
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How Big — or Small — Will the Donut Hole Be?
Votes are still being counted, but congress has returned after the pre-election hiatus. And while many lawmakers may be on their way out the door, 2018 isn’t over as far as healthcare news. In fact,...
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It’s A Great Day to Say Thanks!
We can’t have Thanksgiving without saying thanks to all of our readers and advertisers. This year our team has attended a bunch of events and each time we’re struck by how many agents and brokers tell...
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CMS Announces Special Election Period for Victims of California Fires
Medicare beneficiaries who reside in Butte, Los Angeles and Ventura counties are eligible for an extension to the Emergency and Major Disaster Special Election Period (SEP). The Centers for Medicare...
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Reforming U.S. Healthcare System
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and Labor told the White House this week that lawmakers and the Trump administration should expand consumer access to health savings accounts...
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4.2 Million Nationwide Eligible for $0 Prem Health Insurance (and they don’t...
A new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation says that a whopping 4.2 million people nationwide are eligible to purchase a bronze plan with $0 premiums after subsidies in 2019. If they bump up to a...
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Is Texas Really Going to Call the ACA Shots?
Today, a Maryland judge hears a case that pros contend may result in a ruling that stands in direct opposition to what U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Texas v. United States of America said...
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Wells Fargo Agrees to Pay Big Money For Bad Practices
While we gobbled turkey leftovers last week, Wells Fargo agreed to pay $575 million to 50 states and the District of Columbia. About $150 million will go to Californians. The settlement is linked to...
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Newsom Launches ‘California for All’; Signs Exec Order on Rx Drugs
California’s new governor, Gavin Newsom, began his term this week with a lot of insurance talk and some action. The state’s 40th governor signed a letter asking the federal government’s permission to...
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