As health costs soar, Mass. seeks solution

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 6, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Insurance Reform

Stateline reports: “WASHINGTON — One of the most familiar criticisms of the new national health-care law is that it does little to contain costs. And that’s true: The primary goal is to provide universal access to health insurance. Cost controls are supposed to...

Poll: Most Oppose Cutting Funding for Health Care Reforms

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 6, 2011 | Health Laws

CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto reports: A majority of the public disapproves of the Republican idea to cut off funding for health care reform, a new CBS News poll shows –...

Illinois governor still backs Obama’s health law

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 3, 2011 | Illinois Health Insurance, Insurance Reform

Bloomberg Businessweek reports: “Illinois forged ahead with implementing the nation’s new health care law Wednesday with support from its Democratic governor. Just back from a national governors meeting in Washington, Gov. Pat Quinn started reviewing a...

Illinois updates financially cloudy health reform plans

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 3, 2011 | Health Laws, Illinois, Insurance Reform

MedIll reports: The panel struggling to figure out how Illinois will implement federal health care reform, Wednesday released a financially vague roadmap highlighting just how little citizens — and lawmakers — know about how the new law will work in...

GOP Examines Ways to Block Health Care Reform

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 3, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

Miller-McCune reports: How might Republicans try to block the U.S. health reform law from going into effect? Let us count the ways. Repeal, replace, defund, deregulate. And, lest we forget, litigate. If all that fails, they can always shut down the government — if not...