Covered California Trying to Beat Deadline
At midnight on Sunday, open enrollment for Covered California, the state’s version of Obamacare, will end.
At midnight on Sunday, open enrollment for Covered California, the state’s version of Obamacare, will end.
About 100,000 households received erroneous tax forms from California’s Obamacare exchange. Covered California admitted that their customer data didn’t match what health insurance companies had on file.
One of the largest data breaches in history was revealed Wednesday, as health insurance giant Anthem Inc. acknowledged its computer system was violated starting on December 10. The company noticed the breach on January 27 and verified it two days later.
Governor Jerry Brown triumphantly unveiled a record $113 billion state budget this week that increases spending by 5%, with promises to give a boast to K-12 schools, deposit $1.2 billion into the rainy day fund, and make a $1.2 billion debt payment. Yet he barely mentioned that healthcare costs for Covered Care, Medi-Cal and retirees are on fire and are sure to burn down California in the next recession.