Here is what you should know about Covered California
participating Health Insurance Companies for the 2018 Plan Year :
Covered California has tentatively selected 11 health
insurance companies to be available for enrollment starting Nov. 1, 2017, for
coverage that begins on Jan. 1, 2018.
Here are the Health Insurance Companies Selected for 2018
1. Anthem Blue Cross
of California - Anthem will be removing coverage from most areas except for
Northern California, Santa Clara, and some parts of Central California.
2. Blue Shield of California - Blue Shield’s HMO is
expanding into Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda, and Ventura counties.
3. Chinese Community Health Plan.
4. Health Net.. -
Health Net is adding its PPO to Region 3 in Sacramento, Placer, Yolo, Los Angeles,
San Diego and other parts of Southern California, while partially removing its
HMO from a few regions
5. Kaiser Permanente
6. L.A. Care Health Plan.
7. Molina Healthcare.
8. Oscar Health Plan of California. Oscar, already in San
Francisco, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, will be expanding to Northeast
Los Angeles.
9. Sharp Health Plan.
10. Valley Health Plan.
11. Western Health
Advantage.
These health insurance companies represent a mix of major
insurers and smaller companies, regional and statewide doctor and hospital
networks, and for-profit and nonprofit plans.
With the changes of its current carriers, more than 95
percent of consumers will have at least two carriers to choose from and 82
percent of consumers will be able to choose from three or more carriers.
Covered California also announced that quality providers such as Hill
Physicians, UCSF Health and others are available in more plans for 2018
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