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I spoke with more than 50 insurance experts, patients, lawyers, physicians and consumer advocates about building a tool anyone could use to navigate insurance appeals. Nearly everyone said the same thing: Great idea. But almost impossible to do.

No lawmakers or regulators in state and federal governments have forced all insurers to follow one simple standard.

I spoke with more than 50 insurance experts, patients, lawyers, physicians and consumer advocates about building a tool anyone could use to navigate insurance appeals. Nearly everyone said the same thing: Great idea. But almost impossible to do.

Pageant set July 30 at Alliance High School. Queen, court will reign over festival.

Small changes in income can cause people’s eligibility to shift between California's ACA and Medicaid programs. When bad information is typed into – or accurate information is deleted from – a shared computer system, enrollees can get big headaches.

Since California expanded health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, a large number of people have been mistakenly bounced between Covered California, the state's marketplace for those who buy their own insurance, and Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program for low-income residents.

Covered California and Medi-Cal share a computer system for eligibility and enrollment. Nearly a decade since the Affordable Care Act expanded coverage options in the state, enrollees can be diverted to the wrong program — or dropped altogether — if erroneous information gets into the system.

A Becker man was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Cass County on Sunday.

Both fatal crashes involved an occupant that was not wearing a seat belt.

Both fatal crashes involved an occupant that was not wearing a seat belt.