by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 3, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
US News reports: “TUESDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) — Half of U.S. adults still oppose the “individual mandate” clause in the new health care reform law that requires all Americans not already insured to purchase health insurance, while only 22...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 2, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform, Medicare
Republican governors said President Barack Obama may not move fast enough to ease the burden of soaring health-care costs that are driving the $125 billion in projected deficits facing U.S. states. After meeting with Obama at the White House, Republicans including New...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 1, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform, Medicare
The Wisconson State Journal reports: “Medicaid enrollment has soared more in Wisconsin than in any other state but Arizona in recent years, putting pressure on the state budget, according to a report released today by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance....
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 1, 2011 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Health Insurance Cost, Insurance Reform
BCBS reports: Legislative Update Affordable Care Act Funding Following the failed efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act in the U.S. Senate earlier this month, some commentators report that now we can expect efforts to repeal portions of the Affordable Care Act in...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 1, 2011 | Insurance Reform
Atena reports: “When House Republicans voted Friday to block funding for health care reform implementation (see below), it was with the knowledge that most Americans disapprove of the tactic. A new CBS News poll shows 55 percent of Americans disapprove of the...
