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A high cost estimate for the continued use of the federal health exchange has led the Department of Consumer & Business Services to consider other options, but consumers and insurance brokers might have good reason to be skeptical of the state abandoning a smooth-running federal website for another state-based website.

Sen. Alan Bates and state officials said a new assessment tool could more precisely determine client needs and make the newly enhanced program sustainable. Meanwhile, the state continues to drag its feet in abiding by new federal overtime rules for home care workers, even as the workers win a raise to $15 an hour.

Secondhand smoke in cars is 27 percent more concentrated than in smoker’s homes, according to the California EPA

“We have to fight to get any money from them, and it can take years sometimes. It’s just become a huge problem.”