by Sylvia Moore | Aug 14, 2014 | News
Obamacare premiums to rise a modest 4.2% in 2015 By Stuart Pfeifer, Chad Terhune, Soumya Karlamangla Los Angeles Times, July 31, 2014 Defying an industry trend of double-digit rate hikes, California officials said the more than 1.2 million consumers in the state-run...
by Sylvia Moore | Jun 18, 2014 | News
Sometime in May, after nearly three weeks of sitting on pins and needles, I finally got my Blue Shield insurance card in the mail. I had paid my premium before the April 15 deadline, but considering that a) the insurance companies were dealing with millions of new...
by Sylvia Moore | Mar 26, 2013 | News
Get ready for some sticker shock. The major health insurance companies say they plan to ratchet up premiums between 25% and 116% next year, once the Affordable Care Act is fully up and running. Small businesses and people who buy coverage on their own will be...
by Sylvia Moore | Feb 4, 2013 | News
From Campaign for a Healthy California: Insurance companies are raising their rates on individual policy holders by 20%. It’s time to tell legislators to PUT PEOPLE FIRST! Lobby Day/Rally February 11 at Noon, Join the Campaign for a Healthy California in supporting...
by Sylvia Moore | Dec 21, 2012 | News
There was much fanfare in the mainstream media over news that Americans saved $1.5 billion thanks to the Affordable Care Act, according to a study by the New York-based Commonwealth Fund. Those savings came about as a result of a new ACA regulation requiring health...