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...

Few Support ‘Individual Mandate’ in Health Care Reform Law, Poll Finds

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

US News reports: “TUESDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) — Half of U.S. adults still oppose the “individual mandate” clause in the new health care reform law that requires all Americans not already insured to purchase health insurance, while only 22...

Obama Promise on Medicaid Leaves Republicans Christie, Brownback Doubtful

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 2, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform, Medicare

Republican governors said President Barack Obama may not move fast enough to ease the burden of soaring health-care costs that are driving the $125 billion in projected deficits facing U.S. states. After meeting with Obama at the White House, Republicans including New...