TORRANCE TRIBUNE August 25, 2016 Page 3 Police Reports Robbery-Weapon 8/13/2016 7:05:32 PM 2600 BLOCK EL DORADO ST Suspects enter sliding glass door by unknown means, ransack, strike one victim when victims arrive home and flee with victims’ property/jewelry Battery-Simple 8/13/2016 12:46 PM 1400 BLOCK MARCELINA AVE Suspect punches victim in the face, causing him to fall to the ground and lose consciousness Theft 8/13/2016 12:45:00 PM 25300 BLOCK CRENSHAW BLVD Suspect(s) takes property from victim’s purse as she dines; cell phone Battery-Simple 8/13/2016 9:23:48 AM 20000 BLOCK HAWTHORNE BLVD Suspect punches victims in their faces Theft 8/13/2016 3:40:00 AM 20400 BLOCK HAWTHORNE BLVD Suspect(s) takes unsecured/unattended property from service area/keys, credit card Burglary-Residential 8/13/2016 2:45:00 AM 4500 BLOCK PASEO DE LAS TORTUGAS Suspect(s) enters unlocked second story sliding glass door and takes property/ jewelry, electronics Theft 8/13/2016 2:30:00 AM 18900 BLOCK YUKON AVE Suspect(s) takes property off of parked vehicle/ wheels, tires Burglary-Residential 8/12/2016 8:40:30 PM 5600 BLOCK SUNNYVIEW ST Suspect(s) removes screen, further opens already open window/no entry, no loss Theft 8/12/2016 7:00:00 PM 2300 BLOCK TORRANCE BLVD Suspect(s) takes property locked to pole/ bicycle Burglary-Commercial 8/12/2016 7:00:00 PM 21100 BLOCK WOOD AVE Suspect(s) defeats laundry room door lock for entry, pries open laundry machine coin boxes and takes property/cash Burglary-Auto 8/12/2016 5:00:08 PM 17200 BLOCK HAAS AVE Suspect(s) enters unsecured vehicle and takes property/chargers, ashtray, cash, fishing pole, tackle box Burglary-Residential 8/12/2016 1:30:00 PM 300 BLOCK CALLE MAYOR Suspect(s) forces open door for entry, ransacks and takes property/cash Burglary-Residential 8/11/2016 8:00:00 PM 3300 BLOCK ARTESIA BLVD Suspect(s) enters residence by unknown means and takes property/laptop, game console, remotes, games, duffel bag, clothes, jewelry, medication Burglary-Auto 8/11/2016 3:30:00 PM 16300 BLOCK WILTON PL Suspect(s) punches door lock for entry and takes property/tools Auto Theft-All 8/11/2016 1:55:00 PM 3300 BLOCK LOMITA BLVD Stolen vehicle: ‘95 Honda Accord Auto Theft-All 8/11/2016 11:42:39 AM 21100 BLOCK DONORA AVE Stolen vehicle: ‘06 Suzuki Vitara Burglary-Auto 8/10/2016 8:00:00 PM 4900 BLOCK HALISON ST Suspect(s) takes property from unlocked vehicle/laptop, hard drive, registration, registration sticker Theft 8/10/2016 6:30:00 PM 2200 BLOCK CRENSHAW BLVD Suspect(s) removes property from unattended bag and flees/cell phone Burglary-Auto 8/10/2016 4:00 PM 3500 BLOCK CARSON ST Suspect(s) enters through open window and takes property/purse, drivers license, credit cards, cash, cell phone, paperwork Theft 8/10/2016 11:15:00 AM 22700 BLOCK WESTERN AVE Suspect removes property from open storage container/laptop Auto Theft-All 8/10/2016 3:00:00 AM 18400 BLOCK HAWTHORNE BLVD Stolen vehicle: ‘16 Dodge Charger Burglary-Auto 8/9/2016 11:00:00 PM 23100 BLOCK MADISON ST Suspect(s) takes property from unlocked vehicle/shoes, sunglasses, screwdriver, registration, insurance Theft 8/9/2016 11:00:00 PM 1600 BLOCK FERN AVE Suspect(s) takes property off of parked vehicle/tailgate Auto Theft-All 8/9/2016 9:00:00 PM 3600 BLOCK FASHION WAY Stolen Vehicle: ‘16 Kia Soul Theft 8/9/2016 5:30:00 PM 800 BLOCK TERI AVE Suspect(s) takes property off of parked vehicle/tailgate Burglary-Auto 8/9/2016 8:45:00 AM 18800 BLOCK HAWTHORNE BLVD Suspect(s) enters unlocked vehicle and takes property/paperwork Auto Theft-All 8/9/2016 8:05 AM 17700 BLOCK WESTERN AVE Stolen vehicle: ‘97 Toyota Camry Battery-Simple 8/8/2016 8:04 PM 4000 BLOCK 226TH ST Suspect pulls victim’s hair and repeatedly punches her in her head and face Robbery-Weapon 8/7/2016 11:05:00 PM 17500 BLOCK HAWTHORNE BLVD Suspect brandishes a firearm, demands property, then makes purchases on victim’s credit card/wallet, cash, credit card, drivers license Burglary-Auto 8/7/2016 11:00:00 PM 21800 BLOCK GRANT AVE Suspect(s) takes property off of parked vehicle/tailgate Vandalism 8/7/2016 3:00:00 PM 24000 BLOCK OCEAN AVE Suspect(s) cuts soft convertible top on vehicle Vandalism 8/7/2016 2:30:00 PM 3500 BLOCK CARSON ST Suspect(s) smashes drivers side window • Aetna Customers Won’t Be the Only Ones Switching ACA Plans By Rob McCarthy Aetna Health’s decision last week to stop participating in the federally mandated individual health-insurance program doesn’t affect Californians, however, many residents covered under the Affordable Care Act will be shopping for another health plan in 2017 anyway. That’s because the health plans offered through the California marketplace are raising their rates by an average of nearly 13 percent in the next enrollment period. The doubledigit increase for next year’s coverage will require participants to switch plans or pay most of the increase themselves, according to the exchange’s top official. “Almost 80 percent of our consumers will either be able to pay less than they are paying now, or see their rates go up by no more than 5 percent, if they shop and buy the lowestcost plan at their same benefit level,” said Peter Lee, the executive director of Covered California, in last month’s rate announcement. “Shopping is going to more important this year than ever before,” Lee stressed ahead of re-enrollment that starts on Nov. 1. The rates charged by the health companies in the ACA are capped by law, and the rate increases reflect the cost of medical care to plan enrollees, Lee explained. The 10 health plans in the state’s insurance marketplace received permission from state officials to bump up rates 2017 after negotiations that took place this summer. Insurers won’t be making “excessive profits” from the higher rates, the head of Covered California assured consumers. State officials approved the rate increases partly because an artificial cap on premiums is ending next year. The cap, known as reinsurance, was in place for the first three years to slow rate increases, which it did. The loss of the reinsurance cap accounts for up to 7 percent of the increased rates for Californians enrolled in the ACA. Medical inflation, especially higher prices for specialty drugs, will be a cost driver for patients and their insurers next year, officials said. Two plans, which Lee did not identify, asked for rate relief because they expect consumers who are sick and need care to enroll in the next calendar year. Though the state’s exchange approved the increase, the federal government will help pay some of it. The federal government will contribute more next year to defray the higher premiums for individuals and families, according to Covered California spokeswoman Lizelda Lopez. Federal assistance pays the full amount of coverage for people with incomes well below the poverty level, and low-income adults can qualify for financial assistance to pay their plan premiums. Consumers will can review their new rates and change plans for their 2017 health coverage when renewal notices arrive starting in October, officials said. Lee warned consumers to be ready to shop the marketplace for comparable coverage at the best price. Enrollees who automatically re-enroll in the same plan and skip any price comparisons could regret it. “Some consumers who choose to keep their plan will see a significant increase in their premium for 2017, while others will see a more modest increase, depending on where they live and what insurance plan they have,” Lee sai. While the federal formula is complicated and estimating next year’s costs for individuals is difficult because everyone’s circumstances are different, Lopez said the less a person makes, the more assistance they can receive through California’s exchange. The state was one of 16 states, plus the District of Columbia, to create health-care marketplaces in 2014 when the Affordable Care Act, known as “Obamacare,” and its individual-coverage mandate became law. There is no connection between the ACA marketplace and the rate outrage among employer-sponsored health plan participants and the self-employed who buy their own coverage, spokeswoman Lopez with Covered California said. Any suspicions that insurers are passing along higher costs to insure previously uninsured people through the government-mandated coverage system is unfounded, she said. Health-care premiums for ACA participants have increased on average by 7 percent a year, and even steeper rate increases preceded the creation of the health-coverage marketplace three years ago, Lopez said. The outrage “is not new and not attributable to the ACA,” she said, stressing that rates paid by consumers for health insurance were going up by double digits before the ACA happened. Aetna Health was never a participant in the California exchange, so its decision to stop offering coverage in states operating health-insurance exchanges has no effect on the availability of plans or rates. However, California may have played an indirect role in the widely reported and scrutinized pullout from the government-mandated health care program Aetna once backed. Media reports that followed Aetna’s announcement suggested the company was making good on a threat by its top executive to bail out from the three-year-old ACA unless federal regulators approved its proposed merger with Humana. Federal regulators rejected the merger, and one of those opposed to the creation of an Aetna-Humana health-care juggernaut was the California insurance commissioner. Commissioner Dave Jones urged the Department of Justice in late June to reject the merger plan, calling it anti-competitive. Following a study of the effects on consumers if the two health insurers combined, Jones gave it a thumbs down, citing the state’s “already highly concentrated” health insurance market, and the likelihood of reduced consumer choice, reduced quality, and increased prices for individual, group and Medicare supplemental plans. The commissioner reported that a combined Aetna-Humana would control 26 percent of all Data provided by Covered California. See Aetna, page 5
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