by Eriksen Insurance | Sep 20, 2012 | Medicare
Kaiser Health News reports: “Medicare providers would see reductions of about $11 billion beginning in January as part of series of automatic spending cuts set to begin next year unless Congress acts to halt them, according to estimates released Friday by the...
by Eriksen Insurance | May 31, 2012 | Medicare
Crains reports: “Doctors are shunning Medicaid patients because of low fees, a trend that is likely to become a crisis in less than two years, when the ranks of patients are expected to swell. Budget talks in Springfield last week to reduce a $2.7 billion annual...
by Eriksen Insurance | May 30, 2012 | Insurance Reform, Medicare
Chicago Sun Times reports: “Illinois moved closer to drastic Medicaid cuts Monday with proposed legislation that could excise nearly $1.4 billion from the state’s program by shrinking benefits, such as regular adult dental care, and cutting payments to most...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 19, 2012 | Insurance Reform, Medicare
AARP Foundation reports: “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted in 2010, was immediately challenged in court by states, organizations and individuals. Background At enactment of the ACA 45 million Americans did not have health insurance....
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 6, 2012 | Medicare
Insurance News Net reports: “CHICAGO, Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –More than half (56 percent) of America’s middle-income Boomers admit to knowing little or almost nothing about the Medicare program and one in seven (13 percent) falsely believe...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 28, 2012 | Insurance Reform, Medicare
Health Reform .GOV reports: “Small business tax credits. 194,000 small businesses in Illinois could be helped by a new small business tax credit that makes it easier for businesses to provide coverage to their workers and makes premiums more affordable.1 Small...
