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California sanctions insurer after it cut assisted living coverage to thousands
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (336+ words) California regulators ordered Health Net to fix how it’s handling the termination of assisted living services for low-income residents after the insurer’s abrupt decision left patients and providers scrambling. The state’s corrective action plan requires Health Net to extend services…...
Calmatters: California Sanctions Insurer After It Cut Assisted Living Coverage To Thousands
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (315+ words) California regulators ordered Health Net to fix how it's handling the termination of assisted living services for low-income residents after the insurer's abrupt decision left patients and providers scrambling. The state's corrective action plan requires Health Net to extend services…...
California sanctions insurer after it cut assisted living coverage to thousands • The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (324+ words) This was written by staff at the nonprofit newsroom CalMatters. It was republished by The Mendocino Voice in partnership with CalMatters to bring relevant nonpartisan news to Mendocino County readers. Learn more about CalMatters here. If Health Net does not…...
State Regulators Penalize Insurer Over Coverage Cuts to Assisted Living Facility Residents
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (362+ words) State regulators have ordered health insurance giant Health Net to overhaul how it is winding down assisted living benefits for thousands of low-income Californians, after the company’s abrupt termination plan left vulnerable residents and their caregivers scrambling for alternatives. Under…...
California Insurance Bills Protect Ratepayers from Nonrenewals
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (223+ words) State Sen. Ben Allen, D-Pacific Palisades, has advanced two bills aimed at protecting insurance ratepayers from losing coverage unnecessarily or being harmed by bad business practices. Both now head to Gov. Newsom. "California ratepayers have faced an increasingly difficult insurance…...
Opinion: Jane Kim’s California insurance plan is built on a myth
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (578+ words) The candidate for insurance commissioner has campaigned on a platform of smoke and mirrors: big talk, little respect for the facts, and at times outright falsehoods. Fixing this is the job of California’s elected insurance commissioner. I was a candidate…...
Catch 22: Californians can't afford health insurance, or the fine for going uninsured
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (1536+ words) Los Angeles resident Marc Silverman, 57, saw his health insurance premiums double this year. Now he’s paying $800 a month for “a fairly minimal plan.” Silverman and his wife purchase insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare. In…...
He Spent Montana's Fire Season on Overtime. Social Security Counted Pay His Federal Pension Left Out.
1+ week, 1+ day ago (635+ words) Federal wildland firefighters pouring everything into a brutal fire season assume every grueling overtime hour builds a bigger retirement. The two systems quietly measuring that work use completely different rules. This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates,…...
California Is Funding Its Wildest Dreams On Shaky Fiscal Ground
1+ week, 2+ day ago (655+ words) The AI boom is just a stopgap for the Golden State's budget mismanagement. California is underwriting its grand progressive experiment with money produced by the very private-sector dynamism its politicians so often scold. The cash is pouring out of an…...
California passes three bills tightening claims and nonrenewal rules for insurers
1+ week, 4+ day ago (443+ words) The California legislature has passed three bills reshaping how property insurers handle claims and nonrenewals, sending them to Governor Newsom for signature. The bills, authored by state senators Sasha Renée Pérez and Ben Allen, follow sustained scrutiny of insurer conduct…...