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Levi Sumagaysay CalMatters Por primera vez desde que el cargo de comisionado de seguros de California se convirtió en un puesto electivo, dos demócratas competirán por el cargo en noviembre. Los dos candidatos más votados en las primarias de junio fueron la exmiembra de la Junta de Supervisores de...
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Levi Sumagaysay CalMatters For the first time since California insurance commissioner became an elected position, two Democrats will vie for the job in November. The top two vote-getters in the June primary were former San Francisco Board of Supervisors member Jane Kim and state Sen. Ben Allen, who received...
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Obamacare is the popular name for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted in 2010 by President Barack Obama. Currently, the number of people benefiting from or insured through Obamacare (including enrollments through the Health Insurance Marketplace, the Medicaid expansion, and other ACA provisions) is estimated at nearly 50 million...
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Ryan Sabalow CalMatters Mientras los incendios arrasan el sur de California y agravan la crisis de seguros del estado, el Senado de California no tiene a nadie a cargo de su Comité de Seguros debido a preguntas en torno a una investigación de corrupción federal. El presidente interino del Senado, Mike...
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Ryan Sabalow CalMatters As fires rage through Southern California and exacerbate the state’s insurance crisis, the California Senate has no one in charge of its Insurance Committee due to questions surrounding a federal corruption investigation. Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire said he is waiting to hear from federal prosecutors about Sen. Susan...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service Fifth Third Bank acaba de aceptar pagar una multa de $20 millones para resolver los cargos por obligar a los compradores de automóviles a adquirir seguros innecesarios y crear cuentas falsas a nombre de los clientes. El Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Oficina de Proteccion Financiera del Consumidor) dijo...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service Fifth Third Bank just agreed to pay a $20 million fine to settle charges it forced car buyers to purchase unnecessary insurance and created fake accounts in customers’ names. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said the bank required customers with car loans to buy insurance, even if they...
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Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Los californianos sin seguro médico se enfrentan nuevamente a sanciones fiscales este año, y algunos pueden pagar más en multas de lo que gastarían en comprar cobertura, dicen funcionarios estatales. Esto se debe a que algunos de ellos pueden calificar para un seguro fuertemente subsidiado...
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Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Californians without health insurance are again facing tax penalties this year, and some may pay more in fines than they’d spend buying coverage, state officials say. That’s because some of them may qualify for heavily subsidized insurance and not know it. California’s insurance marketplace, Covered California,...