by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 14, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Insurance Reform
Now that House Republicans, along with a few Democrats, have passed a bill to repeal last year’s health reform law, they are planning to offer some alternatives for replacing it. Not unexpectedly, health care spending — high and growing premiums and...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 14, 2011 | Insurance Reform
PRNewswire reports: “For even the most casual observer, it’s obvious that the ”Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” is one of the more controversial laws ever passed by Congress. But even savvy observers may learn something new about the...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 12, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Targeted News Service reports: “WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 — The office of Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and 15 Senate colleagues have introduced a bill that would place a...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 12, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Employee Benefit Advisor reports: “As a result of health care reform, employers – especially smaller ones – are turning to their benefits consultants, brokers and agents for more help, according to a new poll from MetLife. The MetLife Health Care Reform Poll,...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 10, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Insurance Reform
Fox News reports: “It’s the perfect storm in California when it comes to rising health care costs, with millions bracing for huge increases in their monthly insurance bill. What’s happening? The Golden State is one of many states that doesn’t...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 1, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
The New York Times reports: “A second federal judge ruled on Monday that it was unconstitutional for Congress to enact a health care law that required Americans to obtain commercial insurance, evening the score at 2 to 2 in the lower courts as conflicting...