This week, the California legislature passed two bills to set up a health-insurance marketplace. This move comes after the health care reform bill, which was passed in March, directed states to set up their own health care exchanges, or else…
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California Strengthening Laws to Prevent Illegal Health Insurance Cancellations
On August 18, new regulations go into effect in California that are aimed at preventing illegal cancellations of health insurance policies. Rescission, which is the practice of cancelling health insurance policies for mistakes on the health insurance applications, even minor…
California Insurance Commissioner to Review Rate Increases
The California Department of Insurance announced that it will be reviewing plans for rate increases for individual health insurance policies for its four largest individual policy providers: Anthem Blue Cross, Aetna, Health Net, and Blue Shield of California. The review…