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| Aug 27, 2026 | Time for Fox News to update their talking points: California’s economy is dominating | IMPORTANT UPDATES ON CALIFORNIA’S ECONOMIC RECORD:
California’s economic story continues to move in one direction: forward. These updates reflect the latest evidence of California’s strength across growth, innovation, talent, business creat... |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Attorney General Bonta Issues Renewed Consumer Alert Reminding Californians of Misleading Claims Made by Many Health Care Sharing Ministry Plans | OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a consumer alert reminding Californians about sham health insurance plans offered by some health care sharing ministries (HCSMs). Historically, HCSMs were composed of members of a... |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Cheaper, alternative health plans are having a moment, but critics urge caution | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Sarah Kwon, KFF Health News
When Melanie Miller saw that her health insurance premium payment was set to nearly triple to $914 a month this year, she stopped shopping on the Affordable Care Act ... |
| May 23, 2026 | Helping Californians Find Opportunity Through Community Support | Published: May 22, 2026
For many, looking for a job can seem like an impossible task. Attempting to find a job while navigating a new language, a new culture, or unfamiliar systems is even more overwhelming.
Through partnerships with commun... |
| Jan 23, 2026 | As federal ACA subsidies lapse, blue states offer their own | Blue states — including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts and New Mexico — are offering new state-funded health insurance premium assistance for 2026.
The move blunts the financial impact for consumers of losing enh... |
| Jan 6, 2026 | ACA subsidy cliff may mean ‘astronomical tax bills’ for many, CFP says | Enhanced premium subsidies for health insurance bought on the ACA marketplace expired at the end of 2025.
That means the so-called subsidy cliff has returned.
ACA enrollees with a household income that exceeds 400% of the federal poverty th... |
| Nov 8, 2025 | Consumers on edge as ACA ‘subsidy cliff’ looms: ‘Quite frankly, it’s terrifying’ | Roughly 92% of enrollees in Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance plans, about 22 million people, receive enhanced premium subsidies.
The average recipient will see premiums more than double in 2026 if Congress doesn’t extend the... |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Attorney General Bonta Reaches Settlement with Companies Accused of Selling Sham Health Plans to Californians | Settlement bars companies from doing business in California
OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a settlement resolving claims that The Aliera Companies, Inc., and its subsidiaries, (collectively, Aliera) as well ... |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Biden offered health insurance access to DACA immigrants. Trump took it away | By Shalina Chatlani, Stateline.org
A new Trump administration rule bars immigrants living in the United States under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) from buying health insurance from Affordable Care Act marketplaces. Related A... |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Attorney General Bonta Announces $1.3 Million Settlement Against Companies Over Sham Health Insurance Plans | Settlement also prohibits companies from selling or operating any health plans in California
OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a $1.3 million settlement with Sedera, Inc. (Sedera) and Sedera Medical Cost Sharin... |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Health | Thought inflation was bad? Health insurance premiums are rising even faster | Small-business groups warn that, for workers whose employers don’t provide coverage, the problem could get worse if Congress does not extend enhanced federal subsidies that make health insurance more affordable on individual markets such as... |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Bridging the Gap: Health Care Innovations for Native Americans and New Birth Center Laws in Florida | In the vast landscape of American health care, two recent developments stand out like beacons of hope. One is a program aimed at closing insurance gaps for Native Americans in Nevada. The other is a new law in Florida that allows cesarean s... |
| Feb 3, 2025 | Health | A program to close insurance gaps for Native Americans has gone largely unused | “I shouldn’t need to move to Kansas City to be fully covered,” Rice said.
A new tribal sponsorship program rolled out last year in Nevada is aimed at getting tribal citizens like Rice covered and protecting them from incurring debt for unin... |
| Dec 18, 2024 | Health | Millions will see rise in health insurance premiums if federal subsidies expire | The disappearance of the federal help would make coverage unaffordable for millions of Americans, including Deutsch. She said it would be a struggle to pay double what she is paying now.
“You try not to go bankrupt by the end of your life,”... |
| Dec 7, 2024 | Navigating the Health Insurance Maze: Your Guide to Affordable Coverage | The world of health insurance can feel like a labyrinth. Each turn presents new choices, and the stakes are high. Open enrollment is upon us, and for many, it’s a chance to secure a safety net. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace is y... |
| Dec 7, 2024 | The Nursing Home Staffing Dilemma: A Tug of War Between Care and Cost | The nursing home industry stands at a crossroads. A new federal staffing mandate looms, requiring registered nurses to be on-site 24/7. This regulation, a product of the Biden administration, aims to elevate the quality of care for the nati... |
| Dec 6, 2024 | National Politics | With Trump on the way, advocates look to states to pick up medical debt fight | Several states are looking to strengthen oversight of medical credit cards and other financial products that can leave patients paying high interest rates on top of their medical debt.Related Articles
National Politics | Ballot recount conf... |
| May 14, 2024 | National Politics | Biden team’s tightrope: Reining in rogue Obamacare agents without slowing enrollment | Some consumers are pursued when they respond to misleading social media marketing ads promising government subsidies, but most have no idea how they fell victim to plan-switching. Problems seem concentrated in the 32 states using the federa... |
| Feb 21, 2023 | Is California breaking its promise to cut health care costs? | In summary
California set up a fund to cut out-of-pocket costs for those enrolled in Covered California, but Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget shifts that money to other expenses.
Brian Iv works in a factory in Orange County, earning arou... |
| Jan 20, 2022 | Health
Health | Wildfires, omicron prompt special health insurance enrollment period in Colorado | A wildfire displaced thousands of Coloradans just as the omicron surge began sweeping through the state, so health insurance was likely not on many people’s minds when the regular enrollment period for the state’s health insurance marketpla... |
| May 30, 2021 | If you lost your job, here’s how to find free health insurance | Dear Liz: I have read that the unemployed can qualify for free health insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchanges. I’m trying to confirm whether my state, which did not accept expanded Medicaid coverage, is offering this to its resi... |
| Oct 6, 2020 | Uber And Lyft Want To Operate Above The Control Of California Lawmakers | LAX AIRPORT, CA - AUGUST 20: Passengers connect with drivers at the Rideshare Lot at LAX as ... [+] Uber and Lyft drivers held a moving rally as part of a statewide day of action to demand that both ride-hailing companies follow California ... |
| Jul 14, 2020 | Report: 10M could lose insurance by the end of 2020 | Unemployment rates soared in March, though they have since leveled off at 11.1% in June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But this figure may not fully represent the number of people who are newly jobless, since it only includes... |
| Jul 9, 2019 | With Obamacare in peril, California reins in rising health insurance premiums | Premiums on California’s health insurance exchange will rise by an average of 0.8% next year, the lowest increase in the agency’s history, state officials announced Tuesday.
Covered California Executive Director Peter Lee credited two new s... |
| Dec 3, 2018 | Without an Obamacare penalty, many are planning to drop health plans. The consequences could be dire | Dana Farrell’s car insurance is due. So is her homeowner’s insurance — plus her property taxes. It’s also time to re-up her health coverage. But that’s where Farrell, a 54-year-old former social worker, is drawing the line.
“I’ve been retir... |
| Feb 23, 2018 | No, the Obamacare tax penalty isn’t dead — yet | Rick, Patrick and Michael recently commented on Covered California’s Facebook page, urging others to ditch health insurance.
“No more fines or penalties!!! Trump took care of that!! Saved me 700 bucks this year!!!”
“Trump removed the penalt... |
| Oct 27, 2017 | Confusion abounds as enrollment nears for California health insurance exchange | If the comments on Covered California’s Facebook page are any indication, you’re all suffering from acute health insurance confusion:
“I wanted to sign up again this year … I’m hesitant now because of what Trump has done. Should I still con... |
| Oct 11, 2017 | Covered California slaps a surcharge on health plans as Trump remains coy on subsidies | California’s health insurance exchange said Wednesday it has ordered insurers to add a surcharge to certain policies next year because the Trump administration has yet to commit to paying a key set of consumer subsidies under the Affordable... |
| Jan 29, 2016 | Only two days left to get Obamacare | Covered California, the state’s health insurance exchange, will stop taking new applications for 2016 insurance policies come 11:59 p.m. Sunday.
People who don’t sign up by the deadline risk incurring an income-based penalty in 2017 that wi... |
| Jan 4, 2016 | Obamacare penalty landscape changes in 2016 | A few years back, many predicted that requiring businesses to offer their employees health coverage or pay a penalty would be ruinous for companies across the nation.
The provision, often called the Employer Mandate, reached full implementa... |
| Jun 30, 2015 | SimplyInsured, A Health Insurance Platform For Small Companies, Scores $5.9M Series A | SimplyInsured, which helps small businesses compare and purchase employee health insurance plans, has closed a Series A of $5.9 million led by Polaris Partners, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Altair.VC, Corazon Capital, ... |
| Dec 4, 2014 | California giving serious consideration to expanding MediCal benefits to immigrants | The executive order by the president could allow for up to an additional 1 million new MediCal enrollees, the Times reported.
Nationally, the executive order could impact some 5 million people of immigrant status. California, though, differ... |
| Mar 14, 2014 | How will health tech startups fare under the ACA? | Out-of-pocket costs are rising, but increased access may ultimately benefit health tech startups
The Affordable Care Act.
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It’s been talked to death—how it will affect businesses, how it will impact the middle class, who ... |
| Mar 1, 2014 | HackerCare Aims To “Hack” Healthcare For Startups | In four years David Varvel went from no health insurance, to full coverage via the Japanese government, to purchasing a high deductible plan, and then full coverage through an employer. He said having to switch insurance that often was “pai... |
| Feb 28, 2014 | Past Splash winner Breakthrough navigates the ACA | With healthcare costs on the rise, telepsychiatry startup Breakthrough is staying optimistic
When healthcare stagnates, what does Silicon Valley do? It innovates. Oh, the Affordable Care Act still won’t require insurers to cover fertility t... |
| Jan 4, 2014 | Obamacare Removes Barriers For Women, Latino Entrepreneurs | Two months ago Luz Rivas walked away from her job to work full-time on her startup, DIY Girls. As the founder and executive director of the group that is teaching girls about engineering and technology, Rivas had to solve for many variables... |
| Dec 2, 2013 | HealthPocket Offers a Partial Workaround for Healthcare.gov Mess | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
As thousands of Americans struggle to sign up for health insurance on the overloaded government exchange set up under the Affordable Care Act, two Bay area companies are offer... |
| Oct 28, 2013 | Freelance writer with afib shares story of 7 insurers in 13 years | At least my misery has company. People with pre-existing medical conditions “face every kind of possible hassle,” said Nancy Metcalf, a senior program editor with Consumer Reports. Many can’t find coverage at all.
Now 2014 is fast approachi... |
| Oct 14, 2013 | Cloud devs: We could have saved buggy HealthCare.gov | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
VentureBeat’s Eric Blattberg contributed reportin... |
| Oct 2, 2013 | Day 1 at the 16 state exchanges: Mostly fair with 6 fails, a lot of “try again later” | Good
California — Covered California
From the San Jose Mercury News: On the first day of a six-month open-enrollment period, the Covered California site received 5 million hits by 3 p.m. and averaged 5,000 hits per minute and peaked at 16,0... |
| Sep 28, 2013 | Q&A: Health care reform for business owners | The health care overhaul plan, known as Obamacare is set to launch Tuesday. And even though the new health care requirements and fines aren’t set to kick in until 2015, many business owners are wrestling with the act and what it means to th... |
| Sep 28, 2013 | Employers: Navigating the health care mandate | A delay from President Barack Obama means businesses can wait until 2015 to provide the required health insurance to some employees under the Affordable Care Act. But that hasn’t stopped employers large and small from continuing to try to i... |
| Sep 12, 2013 | Consumers need to be aware of fake health insurance exchange sites, officials say | “We have been monitoring various sites to make sure they are not doing anything illegal or misrepresenting themselves as an agent of Covered California,” said Larry Hicks, spokesperson for the state’s exchange. “We do periodic searches and ... |
| Sep 5, 2013 | Paul Bunyan and Elvis promote state health insurance exchanges | Minnesota exchange MNsure chose to take an unconventional and humorous approach with its campaign, depicting the misadventures of folklore hero Paul Bunyan and his companion, Babe the Blue Ox. The tagline: “Minnesota, land of 10,000 reasons... |
| Aug 2, 2013 | ACA insurers ante up for Univision deals to reach Hispanics | The rule allows a customer to be sent briefly to a special section of the federal or state-run marketplaces only to see if their income qualifies them for subsidized coverage, and then can go right back to the WellPoint or Blues site to buy... |
| ACA insurers ante up for Univision deals to reach Hispanics | Some 10 million Latinos stand to gain health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, and the Spanish-language media network Univision is positioning itself as a direct path to this potentially lucrative market.
WellPoint and other Blues in... |
| Consumers need to be aware of fake health insurance exchange sites, officials say | States are on the lookout for websites created by interest groups, private insurance companies and sometimes scammers that have similar web addresses and the appearances of the official state exchange websites. Officials are intervening in ... |
| Paul Bunyan and Elvis promote state health insurance exchanges | It’s Super Bowl time for health insurance exchange marketers, as they drop millions of dollars on marketing campaigns aimed at residents without health insurance.
Seventeen states have opted to do the heavy lifting for their own online exch... |
| Report: 10M could lose insurance by the end of 2020 | About 10.1 million people could lose employer-based insurance coverage this year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report released Monday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The report, prepared by researchers at the U... |
| California opens Medicaid to older unauthorized immigrants | On May 1, California opened Medi-Cal to older immigrants residing in the state without legal permission.
Unauthorized immigrants over age 49 who fall below certain income thresholds are now eligible for full coverage by Medi-Cal, California... |
| Freelance writer with afib shares story of 7 insurers in 13 years | I’d like to start a long-term relationship with a health plan, but all I’ve had are flings — seven insurers in the last 13 years. Is it something I said? Nope, it’s something I am: a self-employed, 45-year-old single guy with a heart that b... |
| California giving serious consideration to expanding MediCal benefits to immigrants | California Gov. Jerry Brown is giving serious weight to expanding MediCal coverage to undocumented immigrants in the state who fall under the protection of Pres. Obama’s recent executive order.
The LA Times reports that the Brown administra... |
| Day 1 at the 16 state exchanges: Mostly fair with 6 fails, a lot of “try again later” | It was a good news/bad news kind of day for the state officials leading the 16 health insurance exchanges that launched (or were supposed to launch) yesterday. Thousands of people wanted to sign up for an account and apply for a health insu... |
