by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 27, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Small Business
Generally, under Employer Shared Responsibility (ESR), applicable large employers (generally, employers with 50 or more full-time employees, including full-time equivalents) face a potential penalty if they don’t offer minimum essential coverage to full-time employees...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 10, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care .gov
The New York Times reports: “WHEN Karen Pineman of Manhattan received notice that her longtime health insurance policy didn’t comply with the Affordable Care Act’s requirements, she gamely set about shopping for a new policy through the public marketplace. After...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 10, 2015 | Affordable Care Act
Bloomberg View reports: “If you got health insurance subsidies last year, and you’re worried that you got too much in federal tax credits and will be faced with a huge tax bill for repayment, then you can worry a little less: The IRS says that people who...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 13, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance News
International Business Times reports: “Millions of Americans who forwent buying health insurance in 2014 could face penalties in the coming year, the first such fees since open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, began in October 2013. The...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 13, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance News
The Daily Caller reports: “An Obamacare-created and taxpayer-funded insurance company in Iowa has been taken over by the state due to a financial crisis. CoOportunity Health is Iowa’s insurance cooperative — a nonprofit insurance company created by the...
by Eriksen Insurance | Dec 17, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Illinois, Illinois Health Insurance
The Chicago Tribune reports: “Tns of thousands of Illinois residents will sign up for coverage under Obamacare over the next few months. Many of them wouldn’t be able to afford the insurance without a federal subsidy to help pay the premiums. Those...