Tag Archives: Health
Affordable Care Act in Action
President Obama announced this month that 8.5 million Americans will receive health insurance rebates this summer. The Affordable Care Act requires insurers to spend at least 80 per cent of their premium profits on medical care. If that amount is not spent on medical care, the remainder must be returned to consumers. In addition, this […]
TOO HOT TO WORK.
Three California farm workers died in the last month while working in a stifling heat wave that reached triple digits for several days in a row. Juan Ochoa died while checking irrigation equipment on Etchegaray Farms in the San Joaquin Valley. The farm was briefly shut down when state officials found that the farm was […]
CALIFORNIA AT THE FOREFRONT OF HEALTH REFORM
Covered California, the state’s health benefit exchange, will open for business to the public on October 1st. A Covered California representative joins the edition to discuss the new health insurance plans available to consumers through this online marketplace, and the efforts underway to inform Latinos and other ethnic groups about federal subsidies to purchase health […]
