Tag: Covered California

  • Latino Enrollment in Covered California Health Plans Picks Up

    Photo Credit: Tarryn Mento, KPBS By Kenny Goldberg The latest enrollment numbers from Covered California show more than 625,000 people have signed up for new health insurance plans. Between Oct. 1 and mid-December, Latinos represented only 5 percent of total enrollment. Things changed in the last two weeks of the year. By the end of…

  • Covered California Releases Spanish-Language Enrollment Form

    By Kenny Goldberg Enrollment in Covered California has skyrocketed the last few months, except among people whose primary language is Spanish. Spanish-speakers make up 29 percent of California’s population. But exchange officials said so far, that group makes up only 5 percent of those who’ve signed up for a plan. Exchange spokeswoman Lizelda Lopez admitted…

  • Millions in California Will Remain Uninsured Despite Obamacare

    By Kenny Goldberg Officials say more than 1 million people have picked a health plan on the federal website, and some 400,000 Californians have enrolled through the state’s Covered California exchange. Even though many California residents are eligible for subsidized health insurance, the California HealthCare Foundation predicts over the next two years, millions of Californians…

  • Covered California Officials Admit They Need to Do More to Attract Latinos

    By Kenny Goldberg In California, people who primarily speak Spanish make up 29 percent of the population. But so far, that group makes up only 5 percent of those who’ve signed up for health insurance through Covered California. Officials say statewide in October and November, fewer than 4,500 primarily Spanish-speakers enrolled in a plan. California…

  • Momentum Building for Covered California Enrollment

    The state’s online health insurance exchange Covered California opens for businesses Oct. 1. Under the Affordable Care Act, all Americans must have health insurance by Jan. 1 or face a fine. | Photo Credit: Tarryn Mento, KPBS By Kenny Goldberg In November, 78,000 Californians enrolled in the state online health insurance exchange . To date,…