Health insurance rebates to total $62 million in Illinois

by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 26, 2012 | Insurance Reform, Rebates

Chicago Health Care Daily reports: “About 163,000 families in Illinois will receive health insurance rebates that average $380 as a result of the federal overhaul of health care, the Obama administration announced Thursday, days before the U.S. Supreme Court is...

Humana Inc. : Humana to Voluntarily Preserve Key Health Care Reform Protections

by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 26, 2012 | Insurance Reform, Uncategorized

4-Traders reports: With a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act – also known as the federal health care reform law – expected later this month, Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) issued the following statement: Humana has long said that all Americans...

U.S. health plans to keep some reforms, however court rules

by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 26, 2012 | Insurance Reform

Reuters reports: “Three major U.S. health insurers that provide coverage to millions of Americans said they would keep some protections included in President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on the law. The...

Undoing health law could have messy ripple effects

by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 26, 2012 | Insurance Reform

The AP reports: “It sounds like a silver lining. Even if the Supreme Court overturns President Barack Obama’s health care law, employers can keep offering popular coverage for the young adult children of their workers. But here’s the catch: The...

Obama to veto FSA, HSA legislation

by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 11, 2012 | Health Laws

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama will veto legislation that would ease a 28-year-old Internal Revenue Service rule that requires forfeiture of unused flexible spending account balances and eliminates restrictions on using FSAs and health savings accounts to pay for...