by Eriksen Insurance | Dec 27, 2010 | Health Laws
Beginning January 1, 2011, the Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) is requiring that all health insurance carriers use standard health applications in the individual and small group markets. Click the links below to download the final version of these forms for...
by Eriksen Insurance | Dec 27, 2010 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Bloomberg reports: “U.S. health insurers led by United Health Group Inc. and Humana Inc. must provide justification for any planned premium increases of more than 10 percent next year, according to federal rules proposed today. States can reject higher insurer...
by Eriksen Insurance | Dec 27, 2010 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
The Daily Caller reports: “Death by a thousand cuts,” a slow form of torture and execution that originated in Imperial China, could aptly describe what appears to be happening to the recently enacted health care reform law. One group appearing to hold a knife is the...
by Eriksen Insurance | Dec 22, 2010 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
The New York Times reports: “A federal judge asserted on Thursday that it would be “a giant leap” for the Supreme Court to accept the Obama administration’s defense of a central provision of the new health care law, suggesting he may become the second judge to...
by Eriksen Insurance | Dec 22, 2010 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
The Associated Press reports: “Opponents of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law are a cheering a federal court ruling that one of its core provisions is unconstitutional. They may not realize that Obama has a fallback option that also could...
