by Eriksen Insurance | May 16, 2013 | Insurance Reform
Insurance News Net reports: “The first draft was as mind-numbing and complex as tax forms. Now the Obama administration is unveiling a simplified application for health insurance benefits under the federal health care overhaul. Details to be released Tuesday...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 11, 2012 | Health Laws
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama will veto legislation that would ease a 28-year-old Internal Revenue Service rule that requires forfeiture of unused flexible spending account balances and eliminates restrictions on using FSAs and health savings accounts to pay for...
by Eriksen Insurance | Oct 21, 2011 | Insurance Reform
Huffpost Politics reports: “WASHINGTON — Fewer than 34,000 Americans have signed up for a health care reform program designed to insure the uninsurable until the new law’s broader provisions take effect in 2014. Enrollment in the Pre-Existing...
by Eriksen Insurance | Oct 17, 2011 | Insurance Reform
The New York Times reports: “WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Friday that it was scrapping a long-term care insurance program created by the new health care law because it was too costly and would not work. Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of...