The California state government has two main ways of monitoring health insurance rates: One, Covered California can “negotiate” rates with health insurance companies, and two, the California Department of Insurance or Department of Managed Health Care can “review” rates and point out rate hikes they find unreasonable, although they have no executive power to strike […]
Author Archives: Aret Frost
Submission: Prop. 47 would move state out of dark age
The funds appropriated by Proposition 63 to develop California’s mental health system will end this fiscal year. Our state is in desperate need of a measure that can fill the void caused by the end of this funding and facilitate a shift in California’s priorities away from incarceration toward rehabilitation and education. The California state […]