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Los Angeles officials push for smoking cessation bill

Los Angeles health officials stepped up efforts on Wednesday to push for legalizing a bill that would require insurance companies to pay for smoking cessation aides and treatments. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger should take a bold step to sign

SeeChange Health Teams Up with California State Parks…

BusinessWire – SeeChange Health Insurance Company, a provider of value-based health insurance plans to employers, has partnered with California State Parks to provide reimbursement to its members for day use park fees. Since SeeChange Health

California OKs Anthem Rate Hike

A six-month battle in California over health insurance has come to an end. When health insurer Anthem Blue Cross announced rate hikes last March of up to 39 percent for individual policyholders, it made national news. The Obama

Anthem rates

California insurance regulators cleared the way Wednesday for Anthem Blue Cross to implement scaled-back rate hikes after a previous rate increase was canceled amid an uproar over its size. Anthem said it

Keenan Develops Strategic Alliance With SAFER and…

TORRANCE, Calif., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ — Keenan & Associates, the largest privately held insurance brokerage and consulting firm in California, has announced a strategic alliance with the Schools Association for Excess Risk (SAFER) joint powers

Calif. bill would limit rate hikes to once a year

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California health insurance providers would be prohibited from raising their rates more than once a year under a bill moving through the state Legislature. The state Senate on Monday voted 21-13 in favor

Calif. advances bill for health insurance exchange

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The state Assembly approved legislation Friday that will begin the process of establishing a health insurance exchange in California, one in a series of steps the Legislature is considering to enact changes prescribed by federal

New online tools allow consumers to track health…

Health insurance consumers concerned about rate increases can now keep track of them online by visiting the California Department of Insurance’s website. The department has launched a new electronic service to

Anthem Blue Cross of California names Pam Kehaly…

Health insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross of California announced the hiring of a former Aetna executive as its new president and general manager. Pam Kehaly, who has worked in the health insurance

Blue Shield of California is accused of overcharging…

Shield of California on Wednesday, accusing the nonprofit health plan of overcharging thousands of policyholders who bought safety-net insurance for people who were sick or jobless. Amalia Lample said in her lawsuit that Blue Shield, the state’s