by Eriksen Insurance | Aug 10, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Insurance Reform
Atena reports: “U.S. health care spending in recent years has grown by historically modest rates thanks largely to the effects of the recession, but all that is expected to change by 2014 when major coverage expansions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) begin....
by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 31, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Insurance Reform
Benefitpro reports: “INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Consumers may catch a little break when their health insurance policies renew. Lower-than-expected use of health care has helped push insurer earnings higher and that may temper how much they increase premiums. Analysts...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 31, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Bradenton.com reports: “The nation’s health care tab is on track to hit $4.6 trillion in 2020, accounting for about $1 of every $5 in the economy, government number crunchers estimate in a report released Thursday. How much is that? Including government...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 31, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Insurance Reform
CNN Money reports: “Health care costs for a family of four rose again in 2011, with employees paying a much larger share of the rising expenses, according to a new industry report Wednesday. American families who are insured through their jobs average health...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 31, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Insurance Reform
CNN Money reports: “The U.S. government will foot the bill for half of all health care costs in the United States by 2020, according to a government report released Thursday. That’s up from 44% just two years ago, and reflects both the rising cost of...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 30, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Health Laws
Kaiser Family Foundation reports: “Wednesday, July 20, 2011 As part of several debt-reduction and Medicare-reform proposals, some policymakers propose to prohibit Medicare supplemental insurance policies (known as Medigap) from covering all of enrollee’s...
