Health Net Sells Northeast Operations

Health Net Inc. has announced that its northeast operations will become part of United Health (UHC) upon regulatory approval. Health Net has stated that they intend to focus exclusively on their western US operations.

Healthy Families Imposes Waiting List

The California SCHIP program, Healthy Families, has now officially added a waiting list for new enrollments going forward into the new fiscal year. Shortfall for the program is $90M in the general fund with a total underfunding of $270M for the childrens health insurance program.

http://www.mrmib.ca.gov/MRMIB/HFP_Wait_List_Effective_7-17-09.pdf