"Blue Shield of California, one of the state's and Greater Sacramento's largest health plans, said Monday that its two biggest business units have been restructured to better coordinate service, 'balance executive responsibility for membership and income' and aggregate all large-group health insurance business under a single executive."
Officials at the San Francisco-based health plan said two primary shifts were made:
Responsibility for small-group sales has been moved to a new unit, the Small Group and Government Business Unit headed by Senior Vice President Lisa Rubino, which includes Blue Shield's Medicare-related business.
A new public-sector business unit focusing on labor, trust and other public-sector business has been added to the portfolio of Paul Markovich, the senior vice president in charge of the newly renamed Large Group Business Unit.
Blue Shield restructures major units - 2005-03-07:
Monday
Business Insurance - Corporate Risk and Employee Benefit Management news
"A California health insurance premium tax that now only applies to commercial insurers would be extended to self-funded programs offered by employers and nonprofit insurers under recently introduced universal health care coverage legislation.
The measure, A.B. 1670, would require all Californians to have coverage under a plan with a deductible no greater than $5,000. The state would, among other things, subsidize coverage of lower-income employees who work for small companies. The state also would set up purchasing pools through which employers could purchase coverage."
Business Insurance - Corporate Risk and Employee Benefit Management news:
The measure, A.B. 1670, would require all Californians to have coverage under a plan with a deductible no greater than $5,000. The state would, among other things, subsidize coverage of lower-income employees who work for small companies. The state also would set up purchasing pools through which employers could purchase coverage."
Business Insurance - Corporate Risk and Employee Benefit Management news:
Wednesday
Sonoma Index Tribune
Sonoma Index Tribune:
"Here in California, our local assemblyman, Joe Nation, D-Novato, has teamed with Keith Richman, R-Northridge, to author a bipartisan proposal called the Universal Health Care Act of 2005, AB 1670, that is a strong step toward addressing this vital issue.
The plan has elements that demonstrate its bipartisan roots. It would require all state residents to have health insurance, but would also make it their responsibility to pay for that coverage as much as possible. Just as automobile owners are required to have a minimum level of insurance on their vehicles, AB 1670 would require all residents of this state to have a minimum health-care plan for themselves and their dependents that has a maximum annual deductible of $5,000 per person and provides first-dollar coverage for all medically indicated preventive care.
It would require residents to submit proof of their health-care coverage with his or her annual state income tax return, unless they were covered by an employer's plan. If a person doesn't provide the proof of insurance, the state could provide it through the state 'pool' of insurance and charge the resident by retaining the cost of the premium from any tax overpaid by the resident."
"Here in California, our local assemblyman, Joe Nation, D-Novato, has teamed with Keith Richman, R-Northridge, to author a bipartisan proposal called the Universal Health Care Act of 2005, AB 1670, that is a strong step toward addressing this vital issue.
The plan has elements that demonstrate its bipartisan roots. It would require all state residents to have health insurance, but would also make it their responsibility to pay for that coverage as much as possible. Just as automobile owners are required to have a minimum level of insurance on their vehicles, AB 1670 would require all residents of this state to have a minimum health-care plan for themselves and their dependents that has a maximum annual deductible of $5,000 per person and provides first-dollar coverage for all medically indicated preventive care.
It would require residents to submit proof of their health-care coverage with his or her annual state income tax return, unless they were covered by an employer's plan. If a person doesn't provide the proof of insurance, the state could provide it through the state 'pool' of insurance and charge the resident by retaining the cost of the premium from any tax overpaid by the resident."
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