U.S. workers can carry over $500 of health spending accounts: Treasury

by Eriksen Insurance | Nov 1, 2013 | FSA, Insurance Reform

Yahoo News reports: “Americans who use flexible spending accounts (FSAs) for healthcare costs may now be able to carry up to $500 of expiring money into the next year, the U.S. Treasury said on Thursday. For nearly 30 years, about 14 million families with FSAs...

Affordable Care Act: Smoking sends health premiums higher

by Eriksen Insurance | Oct 25, 2013 | Health Reform, Insurance Reform

The Chicago Sun Times reports: “If you light up, prepare to get burned with higher premiums when buying insurance in the new health insurance marketplaces. Under rules of the Affordable Care Act, in Illinois and most other states, insurers can charge smokers and...

Republicans unveil healthcare reform alternative amid threats of government shutdown

by Eriksen Insurance | Oct 2, 2013 | Health Reform

Fierce Healthcare reports: “The GOP this week unveiled an alternative plan to President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law amid a threat from a minority of Republicans to defund the law before the Oct. 1 implementation date and shutdown the government....

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,...

Will health reform make you change doctors?

by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 31, 2013 | Insurance Reform

Market Watch reports: “Some experts have said that the experience of shopping for health insurance on the new online marketplaces that will open for enrollment this October under the Affordable Care Act will be like booking a vacation on Travelocity. But for...