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Affordable Care Act is Working: Families Report Quality Care at Affordable Prices

Sentinel News ServiceDecember 24, 2015

Paying nearly $600 every month for health insurance was a heavy burden for Alfredo and Tayhesha Madrid of Riverside. The couple had insurance coverage through Tayhesha’s employer, a window frame manufacturer. Although they looked for more affordable insurance, there were few plans that would take them because of Alfredo’s pre-existing condition as a diabetic. Things changed in March 2014 when the couple discovered Covered California and the insurance companies that sell coverage through the exchange under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The Madrids chose an Anthem Blue Cross of California Silver plan and saw their premium fall to

Health National News

Deadline Nears for January Insurance Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act

Sentinel News ServiceDecember 10, 2015

An important deadline approaches for Californians who want to start the New Year with the protection of health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Open enrollment is underway and consumers who want to be covered on January 1, need to enroll by December 15. Covered California, the agency that administers the ACA in California, has made African American outreach a priority for the year three of the historic program. Since 2014, more than two million people have gotten insurance through Covered California, including African Americans who make up 5 percent of the state’s population that is eligible to receive