by Eriksen Insurance | Sep 3, 2014 | Group Health Insurance, Insurance Reform
Flexible Benefit reports: “The IRS and other agencies have issued three different sets of guidance making it clear that employers cannot give actively employed workers pre-tax dollars through a Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) ,or any other type of...
by Eriksen Insurance | Sep 3, 2014 | Group Health Insurance, Health Reform
Forbes reports: “Goodbye, doctor’s office. Hello, Walmart? Based on Walmart’s latest moves, it’s not as unlikely as it sounds. After years of “Will they or won’t they?” discussion, Walmart is making its long-awaited move into delivering primary care: The...
by Eriksen Insurance | Sep 3, 2014 | Group Health Insurance
The Wall Street Journal reports: “Businesses with fewer than 50 workers are exempt from the most stringent requirements for larger employers under the federal health-care law. But that doesn’t mean they’re off the hook entirely. Smaller employers...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 12, 2014 | Exchange, Group Health Insurance
Benefits Pro reports: “The nation’s employers could save a whopping $3.25 trillion over the next decade by shifting most of their employees from workplace health plans to the public exchanges. That’s according to an S&P Capital IQ report that notes...
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,...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 4, 2014 | Group Health Insurance, Insurance Reform
Benefitspro reports: “Only a quarter of employers are certain they will still be offering company-sponsored health insurance a decade from now. That’s down from 38 percent in 2010 and 73 percent in 2007, according to a survey by Towers Watson and the National...
