by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 21, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Employee Benifit News reports: “Well, 8,000 HR/benefits pros can’t be wrong, right? Employers Resource Association has released the top 10 topics that send HR managers to call its hotline in droves. The list is based on the more than 8,000 calls the association...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 21, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Society for Human Resource Management reports: “The proposed Medical Flexible Spending Account Improvement Act (H.R. 1004), a bill that would allow employees to withdraw and pay taxes on any remaining funds in their medical flexible spending accounts (FSAs)...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 21, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Business Insurance reports: “WASHINGTON—Employers will be given until Jan. 1, 2012, to comply with certain health care reform law requirements, the Labor Department has decided. One delay involves a reform provision in which health plan enrollees have to be...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 21, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Employee Benefit News reports: ” Despite a nascent economic recovery, the momentum to reduce employee benefits isn’t waning, according to a new poll by the Society for Human Resource Management. In the last six months, 20% of employers reported that they reduced...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 6, 2011 | Health Laws, Illinois, Illinois Health Insurance
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on March 17 named Illinois Insurance Director Michael McRaith as the first director of the Federal Insurance Office (FIO), a non-regulatory federal source of insurance expertise created by the Dodd-Frank Act. In addition to heading...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 30, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Atena reports: Week of March 28, 2011 As expected, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was the subject of cheers and jeers as the one-year anniversary of its signing was marked last week. The White House released a celebratory video to mark the...
