by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 25, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Family Health Insurance
Benefits Pro reports: “A family of four with employer-sponsored health coverage is shelling out substantially more since the advent of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The cost of family coverage also is rising so fast that even this standard...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 25, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Illinois
Crain’s Chicago Business reports: “There’s more than a touch of absurdity in the way an industry fee in President Barack Obama’s health care law is being passed along to state taxpayers. As Alice in Wonderland might say, a curious tax just got...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 25, 2015 | Heath Care Costs
Benefits Pro reports: “The IRS said it is raising the maximum allowable contribution to a health savings account by $100 in 2016 — but only for families. The IRS quietly announced last week that the maximum contribution that can be made next year to an HSA...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 25, 2015 | Health Reform
Yahoo Finance reports: ” From contraception to colonoscopies, the Obama administration Monday closed a series of insurance loopholes on coverage of preventive care. The department of Health and Human Services said insurers must cover at least one birth control...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 25, 2015 | Affordable Care Act
Healthcare.gov reports: “The Employer Shared Responsibility Payment applies to some businesses with 50 or more full-time employees who don’t offer insurance, or whose coverage doesn’t meet certain minimum standards. Regulations announced in 2014 have...