by Eriksen Insurance | Aug 1, 2014 | Health Laws, Medicare
Benefits Pro reports: “The main trust fund behind Medicare, the $583 billion U.S. health program for the elderly and disabled, will be exhausted in 2030, four years later than projected last year, the government reported. An improving economy and the health-care...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 1, 2014 | Health Laws
Crain’s Chicago Health Care Daily reports: “Illinois plans to delay by at least a year a key feature of its Obamacare health insurance exchange that potentially would give employees of small businesses more choices when shopping for coverage. “Employee...
by Eriksen Insurance | May 16, 2014 | Health Laws
Yahoo Finance reports: “President Obama this week cheered the milestone 7 millionth person to sign up for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but a growing opinion is spreading among Democrats that the law’s employer mandate should go. Former White House press...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 18, 2014 | Health Laws
Employee Benefit Adviser reports: “The U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service issued the final regulations on the employer mandate under the Affordable Care Act this week. While the pay-or-play rules got a little delay, and some revisions will be...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 18, 2014 | Exchange, Health Laws
The Journal of Accountancy reports: “New public health care insurance exchanges may provide more affordable coverage than plans employers currently use, according to a new report. An analysis by PwC’s Health Research Institute showed that the median 2014 premium...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 28, 2014 | Health Laws, Health Reform
Benefits Pro reports: “Less than 40 percent of the uninsured population will get health insurance this year, despite the individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that says they have to. That estimate comes from a survey released by...