Lost your health insurance through your job due to COVID-19? by Barbara Kempen | May 11, 2020 | Affordable Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa MonicaHave you lost your job in the wake of the coronavirus? Unfortunately, millions of Californians and Americans have experienced the same situation with the nation’s unemployment reaching 14.7% as of April 2020 by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. In California...
Kaiser vs Oscar – Pros & Cons during COVID-19 by Barbara Kempen | May 11, 2020 | Affordable Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa MonicaIn Los Angeles & Orange County, we have 6 different insurance carriers for the individual & family market. Many of our clients are deciding between Kaiser’s HMO & Oscar’s EPO as both offer great hospital systems in the region. We will go over...
California Reintroduces Health Insurance Mandate Enforced by New Tax Penalty by Barbara Kempen | Aug 13, 2019 | Affordable Health Insurance, Group Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa MonicaGovernor Newsom reintroduced the tax penalty for not carrying health insurance for 2020. California and a handful of other states have countered to the federal government with their own state-wide tax penalties to enforce the Affordable Care Act’s health...
Covered CA released preliminary 2020 Renewal Rates by Barbara Kempen | Jul 10, 2019 | Affordable Health Insurance, Group Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa MonicaOn July 9th, 2019, Covered CA released its preliminary rates for the individual and family market with a weighted average premium increase of 0.8%, a major relief from the 8.4% weighted average premium increases Californians saw from 2015-2019. Furthermore, Covered CA...
California Introduces New Health Insurance Mandate by Barbara Kempen | Jul 2, 2019 | Affordable Health Insurance, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa MonicaOn June 27th, Governor Gavin Newsom signed his first state budget into law for 2020. With the new state budget, Senate Bill 78 was also signed into law which reintroduces the tax penalty for not having minimum essential health insurance beginning in 2020. California...
