by Eriksen Insurance | Sep 3, 2013 | Health Laws
Insurance News Net reports: “A growing number of companies are looking to clamp down on rising health care costs by dumping coverage for their employees’ working spouses. Others are requiring their workers to pay extra money to cover a spouse who could...
by Eriksen Insurance | Sep 3, 2013 | Insurance Reform
Kaiser Health News reports: “As employers and insurance companies shift more health costs into workers’ pockets, hospitals are making a discovery. The pockets aren’t bottomless. “The number of accounts that we’re seeing that relate to these high-deductible plans...
by Eriksen Insurance | Sep 3, 2013 | Health Reform
Benefits Pro reports: “The number of employers whose company health benefits plan cover the working (elsewhere) spouses of their employees has just been reduced by one — and it’s a big one, too. UPS announced in a memo to employees that it would cut up as many...
by Eriksen Insurance | Sep 3, 2013 | Insurance Reform
The IRS reports: “The Affordable Care Act was enacted on March 23, 2010. It contains some tax provisions that are in effect and more that will be implemented during the next several years. The following is a list of provisions for which the IRS has issued...
by Eriksen Insurance | Sep 3, 2013 | Exchange
The Wall Street Journal reports: “In about six weeks, Americans will have a new kind of open enrollment to consider. Starting Oct. 1, people without health insurance can sign up for standardized coverage through new health-insurance marketplaces run either by...