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Health reform expert and blogger with WebMD, she’s also a columnist who writes a consumer health column for the Los Angeles Times; author of Healthcare, Insurance, and You: The Savvy Consumer’s Guide
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Lisa Zamosky
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FROM Lisa Zamosky
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Bureaucratic Delays, Shifting Deadlines: CA Healthcare Rollout The Affordable Care Act, called Covered California here, continues to confuse people who want to sign up. The rush of new applicants has created a backlog of applications in California. The good news is that if you're late on a premium payment, you now have until January 15 to pay for coverage that was scheduled to begin January 1.
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What charter school growth has to do with the LA teachers strike The Los Angeles’ teachers strike has lasted a full school week . Class sizes and school staffing remain key sticking points in the impasse between United Teachers Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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A California soaking, but will it stick? Some parts of Southern California got more than five inches of rain this week, in a series of storm systems that hit the area one after the other.
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Who are the political players in the LA teachers strike? Thousands of LA public school teachers are going to be back out on the picket lines for a second day. They walked off the job Monday after failing to reach a contract agreement with the LA Unified School District, despite months of negotiations.