Annual bus tour hits the road to emphasize that Covered California is keeping health coverage within reach for more than one million Californians.
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