by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 22, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 5, 2011 — The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) today praised the U.S. Senate for passing H.R. 4, the “Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 21, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Los Angles Times reports: “The Pain: Critics see danger ahead. Most voucher proposals peg the growth in value of the voucher to general inflation or economic growth. But the cost of Medicare benefits is likely to be higher. That raises concerns that costs will...
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...
