Higher Medicaid reimbursement for state’s primary care docs

by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 12, 2013 | Medicaid

Crains reports: “Doctors providing primary care in Illinois can get higher Medicaid reimbursement rates through the end of 2014. Illinois officials are reminding doctors to sign up online for the higher rates, which are expected to increase by an average of 93...

Early Filings For ‘Bronze Plans’ Signal Higher Out-of-Pocket Costs

by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 10, 2013 | Exchange

Insurance News Net reports: “A new analysis fromHealthPocket, Inc. of early health insurancerate filings finds that the least expensive plans under the Affordable Care Act(ACA) have higher out-of-pocket costs for consumers compared to current plans in the...

Gov’t report: Smooth launch unsure for health law

by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 10, 2013 | Insurance Reform

Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports: “There’s no guarantee that President Barack Obama’s health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress. But in a report to be...

Choice of Health Plans to Vary Sharply From State to State

by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 10, 2013 | Insurance Reform

The New York Times reports: “When a typical 40-year-old uninsured woman in Maine goes to the new state exchange to buy health insurance this fall, she may have just two companies to choose from: the one that already sells most individual policies in the state,...

Democrats hit the road to sell public on Obamacare

by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 9, 2013 | Insurance Reform

The Kansas City Star reports: “Three years after it passed, President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats are still trying to sell the federal health care law to a skeptical nation. Lawmakers, armed with tool kits and fact sheets, are fanning out across the nation...