by Eriksen Insurance | Sep 3, 2014 | Health Reform, Heath Care Costs
Insurance News Net reports: “The Affordable Care Act locks in the status quo, but new technology is making health care cheaper and more individualized. Health care costs in the U.S. have been rising so steadily for so long that containment barely seems possible....
by Eriksen Insurance | Aug 6, 2014 | Insurance Reform
Yahoo News reports: “Management failures by the Obama administration set the stage for computer woes that paralyzed the president’s new health care program last fall, nonpartisan investigators said in a report released Wednesday. While the administration...
by Eriksen Insurance | Aug 6, 2014 | Insurance Reform
Benefits Pro reports: “It’s official: if you make a quarter of a million bucks a year and decide not to pay for health insurance, you’re going to have to fork over $2,448 to the feds. The Internal Revenue Service finally released its maximum fines for...
by Eriksen Insurance | Aug 1, 2014 | Health Reform, Heath Care Costs
Chicago Health Care Daily reports: ” A $1,000-per-pill drug that insurers are reluctant to pay for has quickly become the treatment of choice for a liver-wasting viral disease that affects more than 3 million Americans. In less than six months, prescriptions for...
by Eriksen Insurance | Aug 1, 2014 | Health Laws, Medicare
Benefits Pro reports: “The main trust fund behind Medicare, the $583 billion U.S. health program for the elderly and disabled, will be exhausted in 2030, four years later than projected last year, the government reported. An improving economy and the health-care...
