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...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 30, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Healthwatch reports: “Lower court erred, Cuccinelli says: Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) said the federal judge who ruled in his favor against the individual mandate should have struck down the entire healthcare reform law. Cuccinelli, who is...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 29, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
New York Times Digital reports: “One year after President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, the public remains confused about the legislation, divided on its passage and unconvinced that it will improve health care. And a...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 29, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform, Uncategorized
Kaiser Health News reports: “One year ago, the House of Representatives approved the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which had passed the Senate the previous Christmas Eve — at four in the morning, by one vote. Two days later, President Barack...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 28, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
A.M. Best Company, Inc. reports: “The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health took aim at a government-run long-term care program included in the Affordable Care Act, with members questioning whether it should — or can — even get off...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 28, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
NewsRx reports: “Homeless patients cost about $2,500 more per hospital stay than the average patient, according to a new study by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital. Homeless people with medical or surgical problems arrive at the hospital with...
