Reform’s insurance tax will hit consumers hard

by Eriksen Insurance | Dec 13, 2012 | Insurance Reform

There goes the affordable part of health reform. The insurance industry is warning that a new tax in in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will cost consumers thousands of dollars because of rising premiums. According to a study conducted by Oliver Wyman...

Obamacare Costs To Rise For Some Young People As Benefits Improve

by Eriksen Insurance | Dec 10, 2012 | Heath Care Costs, Insurance Reform

The Huffington Post reports: “President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act may not live up to its name for some who will see higher health insurance prices than available in today’s market. Experts believe the health care reform law, signed in 2010,...

HHS Puts Out Three Health Care Reform Rules

by Eriksen Insurance | Nov 28, 2012 | Insurance Reform

Health Data Management reports: “The Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services on Nov. 20 issued three proposed rules implementing major provisions of the Affordable Care Act that regulate insurers and bring new rights to consumers. The first rule...

Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin: Cuts to workers’ hours a ‘bad result’ of Obamacare [VIDEO]

by Eriksen Insurance | Nov 20, 2012 | Illinois Health Insurance

The Daily Caller reports: “Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, told The Daily Caller that “several” areas of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act could be “improved” and acknowledged that a “bad result” of the...

Obama Re-Election to Accelerate Release of Health Care Reform Law Guidance

by Eriksen Insurance | Nov 14, 2012 | Insurance Reform

Workforce reports: “President Barack Obama’s re-election last week is certain to accelerate the release of long-awaited guidance and regulations employers need to comply with the health care reform law, observers say. “There will be an avalanche of...