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California Health Insurance information

At eCAHealthinsurance, we have over 300 California health insurance plan options for our clients.  Companies we represent in California include Aetna, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, HealthNet, Nationwide, Pacificare, Assurant, and others.  Our objective is to help you find the best coverage, with financially strong companies, at the lowest available premium.

Our Instant Quote system will show you rates for all the plans available in your area.  Once you choose a plan you like, you can simply apply online or print out an application and fax or mail it to us.  Please keep in mind we are a regional division of HSA for America and all of our applications are submitted through our corporate office.

California Health Insurance in the News

Health Insurance Premiums Go Up in California (KCBS Radio San Francisco)
The Obama administration is asking Anthem Blue Cross to justify its plans to raise health insurance premiums by as much as 39 percent for customers in California.

State health policy developments: Doctor shortages, hospital taxes, California insurance crackdown (News-Medical-Net)
The Los Angeles Times: "At a time when nearly 7 million Californians are uninsured, state regulators are trying to rein in discount health and dental plans that officials say frequently overstate benefits, offer little if any savings and promise access to doctors who aren't part of the system. Some of the discounters fraudulently market themselves as insurance, while preying on the poor, the ...

Health and Human Services' Sebelius seeks justification for Anthem health insurance rate hike (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration on Monday asked California's largest for-profit health insurer to justify plans to hike customers' premiums by as much as 39 percent, a move that could affect some 800,000 customers.

Official tells US health insurer to justify 39 pct rate hike (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Monday called on a health insurance company to publicly explain why it raised premiums for some customers by 39 percent.

Anthem Blue Cross Of California Raises Rates As Much As 39 Percent (Medical News Today)
Los Angeles Times: "California's largest for-profit health insurer is moving to dramatically raise rates for customers with individual policies, setting off a furor among policyholders and prompting state insurance regulators to investigate. Anthem Blue Cross is telling many of its approximately 800,000 customers who buy individual coverage -- people not covered by group rates" that the increase ...

California cracks down on discount health plans (Los Angeles Times)
State regulators are trying to rein in discount health and dental plans that officials say frequently overstate benefits. At a time when nearly 7 million Californians are uninsured, state regulators are trying to rein in discount health and dental plans that officials say frequently overstate benefits, offer little if any savings and promise access to doctors who aren't part of the system.

Health plan may benefit California (The Vacaville Reporter)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Among states, California arguably has the most to gain from an overhaul of its health care system: it has the greatest number of uninsured residents in the country and the largest public insurance program for the poor, which

Officials question insurance rate hikes (The Indiana Gazette)
The Obama administration and state insurance officials pressured Anthem Blue Cross on Monday to justify its decision to raise rates by as much as 39 percent for thousands of outraged and frustrated California customers.

Obama administration asks Anthem to justify big California rate hike (Contra Costa Times)
LOS ANGELES — The Obama administration on today asked California's largest for-profit health insurer to justify plans to hike customers' premiums by as much as 39 percent, a move that could affect some 800,000 customers.

Stakes high for California in health care reform (AP via Yahoo! News)
Among states, California arguably has the most to gain from an overhaul of its health care system: it has the greatest number of uninsured residents in the country and the largest public insurance program for the poor, which struggles to serve 6.5 million people while reimbursing doctors at one of the nation's lowest rates.

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