by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hospitals play a pivotal role in the U.S. healthcare system, accounting for a significant portion of national health expenditures. In 2023, spending on hospital care reached $1.5 trillion, representing nearly one-third (31%) of total healthcare spending. This...
by Eriksen Insurance | Oct 29, 2019 | Affordable Care Act
Starting on January 1, 2020, employers will be able to help their employees pay for qualified medical costs–such as premiums for an Individual Marketplace plan–through a new individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement (ICHRA). An ICHRA is an alternative to a...
by Eriksen Insurance | May 20, 2019 | Health Insurance Cost, Health Insurance News
The LA Times reports: “Soaring deductibles and medical bills are pushing millions of American families to the breaking point, fueling an affordability crisis that is pulling in middle-class households with health insurance as well as the poor and uninsured. In...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 23, 2019 | Health Insurance Cost, Health Insurance News
Forbes.com reports: “As if hospitals and health systems didn’t have enough emerging threats with big well capitalized publicly-traded insurance companies and drugstore chains developing primary care clinics and urgent care centers in their backyards. Now come...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 15, 2019 | Medicaid
Watchdog.org reports: “They aren’t offering Uberlances or AmbuLyfts, but Uber and Lyft are among ride-sharing apps that are offering Florida lawmakers potential savings in costs if they are permitted to provide Medicaid patients with non-emergency medical...
