Health Insurance for our Adjunct Faculty Cut Off


Not the Apocalypse for Adjunct Faculty, but Damn Close to It. 

Before many of our adjuncts walked into the door of human resources in the Fall 2012, their healthcare coverage was cancelled due to lack of funding ability by the State of California.  They got their notifications when they tried to renew their benefits.  They were not given a real chance to explore affordable options, before being summarily thrown under the bus by the fiscal woes of our state.  California had previously funded half of their coverage once certain qualifications were met.  Because that percentage coverage has been taken away by the State,  the District did not give them an option other than COBRA.  Options?  Better Options?      

A direct result of the Affordable Care Act by Obama is health exchanges.  In California, it will be branded as "Covered California."  This might be the only affordable way for our adjunct faculty to get coverage if the previous healthcare option for adjuncts does not return.  Of course, much of health care in California and in the USA will depend on who wins the Election of 2012.       

Robert Ross, seen in 2010, explains the choice of name for California's health insurance exchange: "Covered is an action verb, and if we do our job, that's what we want to happen," said Ross, an exchange board member and chief executive of the California Endowment. (Irfan Khan, Los Angeles Times / March 18, 2010)


Health insurers line up to compete in California's exchange

More than 30 insurers, including Kaiser and Health Net, are expected to seek a spot in the state's health insurance exchange now called Covered California.




California's health insurance exchange said more than 30 plans are expected to vie with one another for spots in the state-run marketplace opening next fall.
State officials, and those in other states, are eager to flex their purchasing power under the federal healthcare law by selecting only certain individual and small-business health plans for 19 different regions across California.

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