by Barbara Kempen | Mar 12, 2021 | COVID-19, Long-term Care
During the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care facilities ( LTC) have been hit the hardest. More than one-third of all COVID-19 deaths in California coming from long-term care residents and staff. There are a variety of factors at play such as the high turnover and...
by Barbara Kempen | Dec 21, 2020 | Affordable Health Insurance, Group Health Insurance, Short-term medical
Under president-elect Joe Biden, we will likely see an expansion of the Affordable Care Act depending on a few key events. For one, how will the Supreme Court rule on the current challenge to the ACA? Secondly, will the Democrats control the Senate after the runoff...
by Barbara Kempen | Sep 24, 2020 | Affordable Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa Monica, Telemedicine
Surprisingly, despite us still being in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, for 2021, we are seeing a record low rate increase of a weighted average of 0.6% through Covered CA and across the state of California. If you shop and switch to the lowest-cost silver plan,...
by Barbara Kempen | Aug 28, 2018 | Affordable Health Insurance, Group Health Insurance, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa Monica
For most Californians, if you are offered employer-sponsored coverage, you are not eligible for premium tax credits if you apply for a subsidized individual or family health insurance plan through Covered California. One of the questions on a Covered California...
by Barbara Kempen | Jul 20, 2018 | Affordable Health Insurance, Group Health Insurance, Health Insurance Brentwood, Health Insurance Pacific Palisades, Health Insurance Santa Monica, Uncategorized
Covered California has just released their 2019 individual market rates increase for the 2019 individual health insurance marketplace. The weighted average rate change will be 8.7 percent. For a wide part of Los Angeles (Region 16) will follow the 8.6 percent...
