California consumers can now get performance ratings on the vast majority of health insurance plans offered through Covered California. The state health insurance exchange recently added a quality rating system to its website to help consumers chose plans. The ratings are based on reported experiences of members.
The quality-rating system gives an easy-to-understand rating of one to four stars. The system is in place well ahead of the 2016 federal mandate and will be improved over the next two years as the exchange gets more comprehensive performance ratings for plans. “Covered California is now among the first exchanges in the nation to offer its consumers a quality rating system. Many states, along with the federal exchange, are awaiting federal guidelines for establishing a rating system, but Covered California wanted to give existing scoring information beginning in 2014,” said Covered California executive director Peter V. Lee. For more information, visit https://www.CoveredCA.com/hbex/insurance-companies/qrs.html.
