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		<title>Use of Retail Clinics on the Rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retail clinics, which are walk-in medical clinics found in supermarkets, drug stores, and pharmacies is on the rise among young healthy people. Not only are these facilities available more often than typical doctor’s offices, they are usually staffed with nurse practitioners and physician’s assistants, much like their typical doctor’s office for non-severe illnesses. Most cases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increased Deductibles Results In Lawsuit Against Anthem Blue Cross</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anthem Blue Cross policyholders who remained on grandfathered plans (those administered by the Department of Managed Health Care rather than the Department of Insurance) faced an unexpected surprise. Along with increased premiums, their plan benefits changed as well. Co pays, deductibles, and out of pocket maximum amounts all increased as a result of these changes. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rate Increase Accountability</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to give consumers more knowledge when it comes to premium rate increases, the Department of Health and Human Services can now require that all insurance carriers file their rate increases online via a government website -http://companyprofiles.healthcare.gov. As of September 1, 2011 insurers who plan on raising their rates 10% or more must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assembly Bill 52 Hits a Roadblock</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assembly Bill 52, the bill that would allow California officials to regulate health insurance rates, did not gain enough support from the Senate, and has been put aside for now. Assemblyman Mike Feuer (D) said that he would wait until next year before trying to pass the bill again. Fears of AB 52 reigned mostly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Autism Insurance Reform Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Candace</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, the autism insurance reform bill was passed, and SB 946 will be signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown. This means that as of July 1, 2012, services will be subject to the mental health parity law and require that health plans subject to this bill provide coverage for treatment to “develop or restore, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity Rates Increasing in the U.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alarming trends show that almost half the United States population will be obese by 2030. In California, rates have doubled in the last 20 years – resulting in over 20% of the State’s residents falling under the category of obese. With increasing size comes increasing health problems, such as diabetes and heart conditions. In 2009, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Insurance Regulation in California Under Health Care Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health care administration under the Affordable Care Act is tricky enough, but none more so than in California. Currently there are two options for the golden state – either consolidating into one regulatory agency or combining between two agencies, the California Department of Insurance (CDI) and Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC), to properly maintain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When is Angioplasty Unnecessary?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shocking reports show that over one tenth of elective angioplasty procedures are not necessary, causing undue danger to the patient and extensive damage to their wallets. While a much needed help to those with urgent medical needs, for those with less severe conditions (many with mild or no symptoms at all) over 12% were found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senior Citizen&#8217;s Facing Social Security Woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Candace</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of us are finding that our dollars are not going as far as they used to, but none are feeling the hit as much as senior citizens. It is shown that senior citizen’s expenses are rising twice as fast as their Social Security checks, and as many use this as their sole means of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Insurance Exchanges</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are for it or against it, health care reform marches on. As states scramble to either fight the constitutionality of the bill, or create models for health care administration, January 1, 2014 edges ever closer and brings with it the start of health insurance exchanges. These exchanges are proposed to be implemented by [...]]]></description>
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