Category: Featured
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story+LINES: Tracing San Diego’s Collective Journey Through Art
Photo transfer portraits will be used to construct a satellite-like sculpture. The piece will “project the community’s voices into the world.” By Julia Richardson As The AjA Project team unloaded square panels of wood, acrylic medium, tables and brushes from a parked SUV and began to set-up shop at the City Heights Farmers Market on…
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State Insurance Exchange Flooded Despite Shutdown
By Dwane Brown Like a wave crashing on the shores of Ocean Beach, Covered California is officially open for business in San Diego despite the partial government shutdown. Dr. Robert Ross, with the California Endowment and a Covered California board member, said a new online marketplace to shop for health insurance is now open across…
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Second Opinion: Does ACA Reduce Costs for People With Pre-Existing Conditions?
University Heights resident Tamara Kaplan pays about $17,000 a year in health premiums and copays because of a pre-existing condition. She wants to know if her wallet will get any relief under the Affordable Care Act. | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks Second Opinion is a weekly Q-and-A…
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State Insurance Regulators Warn of Obamacare Scams
By Kenny Goldberg Obamacare kicks off in a big way Oct. 1. That’s when the state’s online health insurance exchange known as Covered California opens for business. Believe it or not, scam artists are already in the game. Obamacare requires all Americans to have health insurance by Jan. 1. Californians can shop for plans and…
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Cindy Marten On Common Core, Testing, New Funding Formula
By Marissa Cabrera, Maureen Cavanaugh, and Peggy Pico San Diego’s new school superintendent is not just overseeing her first year running the county’s largest school district. She is also overseeing San Diego Unified School District’s transition to the new Common Core education standards. Plus, new guidelines will change how school testing is done. This school…