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Region 8 Rocked Anaheim!

This year's Business Development and Region 8 Conference was jam packed with leadership training sessions, business development opportunities, all-star speakers, amazing exhibitors, and networking galore.

CAHIP was proud to host more than 100 attendees from Alaska, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and our very own Golden State for 36 hours of learning and engaging with colleagues from all over the region.

Keynote speakers Joe Buzzello and Tom Healy gave attendees the tools to create coaching cultures within their organizations. Tim Kanter, Ben Winfield, and Tommy Gaffney taught forward thinking breakout sessions Amping Up Your Agency in a Noisy World, You Marketing: How to Market Yourself, and Tech Talk to Enhance Your Business.

NABIP President Eric Kohlsdorf spoke about "pioneering the possible" and leading the way in the health insurance industry.

David Smith held a CE course on Level Funded Health Plans: What to Explain & Warn Employers.

We had a lively discussion about the importance of creating happy workplaces. Jack Holder moderated a robust panel discussion featuring Tracey Best, Albert Fogle, and Tim Kanter about how to cultivate a positive and energetic working environment.

Region leaders held training sessions for newly elected board members to advise them on how to best succeed in their new roles.

The exhibit hall was buzzing with new solutions and ideas to help improve business. Thank you again to our event sponsors Prosperity Group Benefits, Ameriflex, Beam Benefits, Lifesecure, Plansource, Assurity, Clarity Benefits Solutions, Kansas City Life Group Benefits, ProAct & United Pet Care and our annual sponsors in attendance Covered California and Anuvi.

An amazing time was had by all.

CAHIP's Local Chapters are thriving with events, ideas, and positive energy. Here's a look at what is going on around the state.

Allies Tangle Over Single Payer-Strategy

Sometimes the loudest opposites can come from your own side. That's certainly true with the quest for a single-payer health care system in California, where the greatest debate of the day is playing out between groups that are seemingly working towards the same goal.

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Covered California Announces Biggest Increase in Premiums Since 2018

Premiums for health insurance sold through the state marketplace will increase by nearly 10% next year, the highest rate hike since 2018, Covered California officials announced. The projected 9.6% hike is the result of a “complicated time for health care,” Covered California Executive Director Jessica Altman said during a media briefing, but many Californians will be shielded from the increases as a result of federal and state financial assistance."

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Change the Way You Sell Medicare with Social Media Branding

Leveraging social media can help boost your exposure and get more Medicare leads and referrals.

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More than 220K People Kicked off Medi-Cal in its First Checkup since COVID

About 225,0000 Californians lost their free or low-cost health coverage as of July 1, in the first round of a Medi-Cal renewal process that had been suspended since early in the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Uninsured Rate Hits ‘Record Low’ — Right Before Millions Start Losing Medicaid Coverage

An all-time low of 7.7 percent of Americans had no health insurance in the first three months of 2023, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Expected Increase in Medicare Part B Premiums

A new Alzheimer's treatment will prompt higher Medicare costs.

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