by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 19, 2012 | Insurance Reform, Medicare
AARP Foundation reports: “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted in 2010, was immediately challenged in court by states, organizations and individuals. Background At enactment of the ACA 45 million Americans did not have health insurance....
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 19, 2012 | Exchange, Insurance Reform
Bloomberg BNA reports: “The Department of Health and Human Services March 12 issued a final rule implementing a key component of the health care reform law—creation of health insurance exchange markets in all states in 2014 through which millions of individuals...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 12, 2012 | Insurance Reform
“If the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down health reform’s individual mandate and leaves the rest of the law in place — what happens next? The backup plan could be automatic enrollment in your employer’s health insurance, a lot like the way you get signed up for...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 12, 2012 | Insurance Reform
New York Times reports: “WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is about to carry out a major provision of the new health care law by issuing standards for health insurance exchanges, the markets where consumers and small businesses will be able to buy coverage...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 12, 2012 | Insurance Reform
CFO reports: “No matter what corporations are doing — or not yet doing — to get ready for new health-care reform provisions scheduled to take effect from 2014 through 2018, the fate of the law hinges on an upcoming Supreme Court ruling and this fall’s general...