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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. But the latest fudging of what were concrete deadlines underscores a bigger problem for Covered California: confusing rules for consumers. And they can't get answers from state officials and insurance companies, mainly because people can't get through on the phone.
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