By Lisa Aliferis, KQED/California Report/State of Health
After long discussion, the board of Covered California, the state’s health insurance marketplace, voted unanimously to stay the course and phase out plans that do not comply with the Affordable Care Act by December 31.
The board’s decision comes a week after President Obama said states should consider allowing consumers whose plans were canceled to renew them through 2014. Dave Jones, California’s insurance commissioner, said he agreed with the president’s request.
But ultimately, the authority to permit renewals rested with board – because insurers have contracts with Covered California. The board weighed whether to release carriers from the provision requiring them to phase out plans. They had three options before them: permit no renewals; permit consumers to renew through March 31, 2014; or permit renewals through Dec. 31, 2014.
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