Thursday, October 12, 2017Health care coverage and ObamaCare in particular have been in the news a lot lately. The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress made several attempts to “repeal and replace” ObamaCare in 2017. READ MORE >>
Friday, October 21, 2016 RENEWING YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE FOR 2017. Those of you who live in the Bay Area may have read with some shock the page one article in Monday's (October 16, 2016) edition of the Chronicle, "Covered California's insurance hikes are starting to pinch. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, September 21, 2016CONTROLLING YOUR AUTO INSURANCE COSTS
Speaking in very general terms, the cost of your auto insurance will depend on three broad considerations: (1) those risk factors that insurance companies consider relevant in estimating the likelihood that your will be involved in an accident and make a c... READ MORE >>
Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Five Ways to Save on Your Home Insurance Home insurance can be a substantial expense item in your annual budget. If you have a home you will need home insurance. There is not way to avoid it - nor should you want to. But there are some common sense steps you can take to hold down the cost of home insurance. READ MORE >>
Friday, August 26, 2016Summer is almost over. It's time to start thinking about your health insurance plan for 2017. This article will discuss health insurance plans available through Covered California, the marketplace for personal and family health insurance plans provided by private insurers but regulated by the State of California in accordance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. READ MORE >>
Friday, January 29, 2016 Californians have until January 31, 2016 (Sunday) to obtain health insurance. At least that was the deadline until Friday (January 29) when Covered California extended enrollment until midnight February 6. There is a catch. To take advantage of the extended deadline you must have started the enrollment process by midnight on January 31. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Optional Dental Coverage for Adults. Covered California, the health insurance marketplace set up by the State of California to enable the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as ObamaCare, will offer dental coverage for adults for the first time in 2016. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 If you currently have health insurance through Covered California, you are now at the beginning of the brief annual open enrollment period during which you are free to review the options available to you and change your policy and coverage if you wish. The open enrollment period runs for three months, from November 1, 2015 to January 31, 2016. READ MORE >>
Thursday, October 22, 2015 Ideally, the insurance industry reacts to actual social needs. If there is a risk that has become pervasive in society, then there should be an insurance product that offers protection against that risk. Flood, fire, theft. All genuine risks. All subject to amelioration through the tried and tested means of insurance. READ MORE >>
Thursday, August 27, 2015 Shop Around for the Right Covered California Insurer and Policy for You Covered California recently announced that, on average, health insurance premiums in California will increase in 2016 at the relatively modest rate of 4.0 percent. (See my blog entry "Covered California Announces New Health Insurance Rates for 2016," dated August 3, 2016). READ MORE >>
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