The aftermath of the employer responsibility ruling

by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 18, 2014 | Health Laws

Employee Benefit Adviser reports: “The U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service issued the final regulations on the employer mandate under the Affordable Care Act this week. While the pay-or-play rules got a little delay, and some revisions will be...

Consumers With Serious Medical Problems Need To Carefully Assess Total Plan Costs

by Eriksen Insurance | Oct 2, 2013 | Health Reform, Heath Care Costs

Kaiser Health News reports: “One of the health care overhaul’s most far-reaching provisions prohibits health plans from refusing to cover people who are sick or charging them higher premiums. Still, for people with serious medical conditions, the online...

Long-Term Care Policies Ditch Solo Role For Supporting Act

by Eriksen Insurance | Aug 22, 2013 | Long Term Care

Insurance News Net reports: “The stand-alone long-term care insurance market may be dormant as buyers shy away from high premiums and the relative inefficiency of long-term care coverage, but the combination insurance product market is hot. Combination products,...

Obama’s health care law shifts big unions’ political alliances to GOP

by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 23, 2013 | Insurance Reform

The Washington Times reports: “Discord over President Obama’s health care law is forging strange alliances, with top Republicans reaching out to union bosses who helped Democrats muscle the legislation through Congress three years ago but now say the reforms...

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...