Obamacare’s Employer Mandate Is Toast, And Democrats Are OK With That

by Eriksen Insurance | May 16, 2014 | Health Laws

Yahoo Finance reports: “President Obama this week cheered the milestone 7 millionth person to sign up for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but a growing opinion is spreading among Democrats that the law’s employer mandate should go. Former White House press...

Why Employers Will Stop Offering Health Insurance

by Eriksen Insurance | May 16, 2014 | Group Health Insurance

The New York Times reports: “Here’s a prediction: By 2025, “fewer than 20 percent of workers in the private sector will receive traditional employer-sponsored health insurance.” The source of this claim? Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, in his just-published book,...

Health Marketplace Sticker Shock Spreading

by Eriksen Insurance | May 16, 2014 | Exchange, Insurance Reform

Insurance News Net reports: “Last-minute shoppers to the health insurance marketplace plans might do well to heed the advice of Butler County physician Mark Musmanno: Know what you’re signing up for. Since the Affordable Care Act health exchanges went...

With health law, workers ponder the I-Quit option

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 4, 2014 | Insurance Reform

The Star Tribune reports: “For uninsured people, the nation’s new health care law may offer an escape from worry about unexpected, astronomical medical bills. But for Stephanie Payne of St. Louis, who already had good insurance, the law could offer another...

HHS: Health Care Premiums Likely To Go Up In 2015

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 4, 2014 | Insurance Reform

Insurance News Net reports: “Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says health insurance premiums are likely to increase in 2015. Sebelius’s comments came Wednesday during a hearing of the House Committee on Ways and Means about the White...