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All eyes are on California, with its long history of being the first to move forward on new, often controversial initiatives, as they methodically and creatively implement ACA’s State Exchange requirement. Covered California (the health benefit exchange’s market name) already has 33 insurers – including major carriers Anthem, Kaiser, HealthNet and Blue Shield of California – that have expressed serious interest in participating. That bodes well for the seven million uninsured people living in California, as well as its small businesses.