Tag: ACA

  • Lawmakers Drop Effort to Open Covered California to Immigrants Here Illegally

    By Kenny Goldberg A legislative effort to allow people who are here illegally to buy Covered California health plans has been shelved. State Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) removed a section from his bill (Senate Bill 4) that would have let those immigrants buy unsubsidized health insurance through California’s insurance exchange. An estimated 2.7 million…

  • Funding Cliff for Community Clinics Could Impact Low-Income San Diegans

    Dr. Chris Gordon meets with a patient at the Chase Avenue Family Health Center in El Cajon in 2013. | Photo Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks San Diego community clinic executives have been meeting with lawmakers in the nation’s capitol. They’re asking Congress to back away from a funding…

  • Covered California Gives the Uninsured Another Chance

    By Kenny Goldberg Covered California is offering consumers yet another chance to buy a health plan. This special enrollment period runs from Feb. 23 to April 30, two weeks after taxes are due. President Barack Obama announced a similar special enrollment period for uninsured consumers who live in states that don’t offer their own insurance…

  • Complaints Alleging Poor Access to Care Prompt Medi-Cal Audit

    By Kenny Goldberg More than 7 million people who have Medi-Cal coverage are enrolled in managed care plans. Lawmakers have ordered an audit because they say they’ve received numerous complaints from Medi-Cal patients who are having trouble getting care. California health officials say they haven’t found many problems. But a recent examination by the California…

  • Doctors Not Inundated With Newly Insured Patients

    By Kenny Goldberg Millions of previously uninsured Americans now have coverage thanks to Obamacare. But a new report finds most doctors haven’t seen a surge in new patient visits. The study comes from Athenahealth, a company that provides care coordination and practice management for doctors. The report examined data from more than 14,000 physicians nationwide.…