How the Affordable Care Act Helps Young Adults

by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 25, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Insurance Reform

In 2014, when all of the Affordable Care Act provisions are fully implemented, an estimated 13 million young adults could gain health insurance coverage, most of it subsidized Some of the provisions in the Affordable Care Act that will help young adults include: *...

Appeals court judges skeptical of government’s health care case

by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 22, 2011 | Group Health Insurance, Health Insurance Cost, Health Laws, Insurance Reform

CNN reports: “A federal appeals court in Atlanta was openly skeptical Wednesday that the sweeping health care reform law championed by President Barack Obama would survive constitutional scrutiny. A three-judge panel heard arguments in a massive lawsuit brought...

Health Care Costs Explode

by Eriksen Insurance | May 24, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Health Laws, Insurance Reform

Insurance Networking News reports: “The Annual Milliman Medical Index (MMI) contains some grim tidings for health insurers and others concerned by the rising cost of health care, as for the fourth straight year costs rose by at least 7%. The MMI found that for...

Declining Health of U.S. Workers Is Driving Up Employer Costs

by Eriksen Insurance | May 13, 2011 | Group Health Insurance, Health Insurance Cost, Health Laws

SHRM reports: “The unhealthy behaviors of the U.S. workforce cost employers an average of $670 per employee annually, according to the March 2011 Thomson Reuters Workforce Wellness Index. The index gauges six behavioral risk factors to track the collective...

GOP Wants IRS Data on Billion-Dollar Fund

by Eriksen Insurance | May 13, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Insurance Reform

Copyright:(c) 2011 A.M. Best Company, Inc. Source:A.M. Best Company, Inc. Wordcount:434 GOP lawmakers want the Internal Revenue Service to explain how it is spending its share of a $1 billion fund created to help launch elements of the Affordable Care Act. Ways and...

Insurance Director: Health Law Helping Consumers

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 31, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Illinois Health Insurance

Associated Press reports: “CHICAGO — While the anniversary of the Obama administration’s health law inspired events to publicize the law’s “broken promises” elsewhere, Illinois’ top insurance regulator contended consumers are...