Six months ago, the nation's health care reform bill was signed into law by President Barack Obama.?? Several provisions outlined in the law went into effect on September 23, 2010 in California and the rest of the country.?? In this state, many of the new laws are comparable to or even exactly the same as the federal reform.?? A few examples include the mandates for maternity care, provided coverage for dependents until they reach the age of 26, and mandated coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.?? The question, then, is why are matching California medical insurance laws needed if they simply mimic the laws on the federal level?
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According to Anthony Wright of Health Access California, health care regulations are generally mandated by each state in which a health insurance holder lives.?? Obama's new regulations have been the first of its kind on a federal level, forcing California medical insurance laws to conform to the new federal mandates to reduce bureaucratic confusion and remove loopholes in the legal system.?? Plus, only generalities are given at the federal level and the states are left to fill in the details.
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