by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 6, 2011 | Health Laws, Illinois, Illinois Health Insurance
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on March 17 named Illinois Insurance Director Michael McRaith as the first director of the Federal Insurance Office (FIO), a non-regulatory federal source of insurance expertise created by the Dodd-Frank Act. In addition to heading...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 31, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Illinois Health Insurance
Associated Press reports: “CHICAGO — While the anniversary of the Obama administration’s health law inspired events to publicize the law’s “broken promises” elsewhere, Illinois’ top insurance regulator contended consumers are...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 30, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Atena reports: Week of March 28, 2011 As expected, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was the subject of cheers and jeers as the one-year anniversary of its signing was marked last week. The White House released a celebratory video to mark the...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 30, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Healthwatch reports: “Lower court erred, Cuccinelli says: Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) said the federal judge who ruled in his favor against the individual mandate should have struck down the entire healthcare reform law. Cuccinelli, who is...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 29, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
New York Times Digital reports: “One year after President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, the public remains confused about the legislation, divided on its passage and unconvinced that it will improve health care. And a...
