The Truth Comes Out: Obamacare’s Website Enrolled A Grand Total Of Six People On Oct. 1

by Eriksen Insurance | Nov 1, 2013 | Exchange, Health Reform

Forbes reports: “There’s been a lot of spin coming out of the White House regarding the botched launch of Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges. When it was clear that people were having problems with the healthcare.gov website on its launch day, October 1,...

FSA Use-It or Lose-It Rule Changed

by Eriksen Insurance | Nov 1, 2013 | FSA, Insurance Reform, Uncategorized

This afternoon, the IRS and U.S. Department of Treasury have issued a FSA Notice modifying the healthcare flexible spending account (FSA)’s “Use-it or Lose-it” rule. Effective immediately, employers that offer FSA programs that do not include a grace...

U.S. workers can carry over $500 of health spending accounts: Treasury

by Eriksen Insurance | Nov 1, 2013 | FSA, Insurance Reform

Yahoo News reports: “Americans who use flexible spending accounts (FSAs) for healthcare costs may now be able to carry up to $500 of expiring money into the next year, the U.S. Treasury said on Thursday. For nearly 30 years, about 14 million families with FSAs...

Another Month Of Fixes For Health Care Website

by Eriksen Insurance | Nov 1, 2013 | Health Reform

Insurance News Net reports: “The Obama administration has set a rough timetable of the end of November for completing a long list of fixes to the new, trouble-plagued government website for uninsured Americans to get health insurance coverage, the linchpin of...

White House tweaks health insurance mandate

by Eriksen Insurance | Oct 25, 2013 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Insurance Reform

Chicago Health Care Daily reports: “On the defensive, the Obama administration acknowledged Wednesday its problem-plagued health insurance website didn’t get enough testing before going live. It said technicians were deep into the job of fixing major...