Tag: Obamacare
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Second Opinion: Tales From Year One of Covered California
Video Credit: Nic McVicker, KPBS By Megan Burks Nearly 60 percent of San Diego County residents who were previously uninsured signed up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act in 2014. And as year two begins, more than 300,000 more Californians will be joining them. Health exchange officials are calling the law a success.…
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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…
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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.…
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State Officials Pledge to Reduce Medi-Cal Backlog
By Kenny Goldberg California officials have laid out their plans to cut a backlog of Medi-Cal applications in a letter to the federal government. Officials say they’re concentrating on fixing computer problems that have hindered the efforts of county eligibility workers to communicate with the state’s new healthcare enrollment system. Medi-Cal applications are supposed to…
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Covered California Drops Ball With Non-English Speakers, Report Says
By Kenny Goldberg The report from the non-profit Greenlining Institute says Covered California deserves praise for enrolling 1.4 million people in new health coverage. But the Institute’s Jordan Medina said the exchange’s website was primarily designed for people who speak English or Spanish. “The other 11 most common spoken languages in the state never had…