Health care reform: 4 inconvenient truths

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 21, 2012 | Insurance Reform

Politico reports: “President Barack Obama promised over and over during the health care debate that “if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.” It turns out that, for a lot of people, that isn’t true. A Congressional Budget Office...

Health Care Reform Could Get You A Raise, But There’s A Catch

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 20, 2012 | Insurance Reform

Huff Post Politics reports: “The good news is that health care reform could lead your employer to put a little more money in your paycheck. The bad news is that if they do, it’s probably because they aren’t providing you with health insurance...

AARP Supports Health Care Reform Law Against Challenges to Its Constitutionality

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....

HHS Issues Final Rule to Implement Health Insurance Exchange Markets

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...

Backup plans if individual mandate is struck down

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...