by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 24, 2012 | Insurance Reform
Insurance News Net reports: “Feb. 22–The Affordable Care Act was meant to be a salve for employer-sponsored health insurance costs. The law offers small businesses a carrot for helping employees get health insurance. It also waves a stick at larger...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 24, 2012 | Health Laws
Kaiser Health News reports: “The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is promising a legal challenge to federal rules the Obama administration reaffirmed Friday requiring health insurers to provide women with a range of preventive health services,...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 19, 2012 | Insurance Reform
Benefitspro reports: “White House officials say President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is on track in many states — but they’re preparing a federal backstop anyway. The law calls for states to build new health insurance markets called...
by Eriksen Insurance | Dec 7, 2011 | Insurance Reform
Bloomburg reports: “Over the next decade, we are likely to see a shift in health insurance in the U.S.: So-called defined-contribution plans will gradually take over the market, shifting the residual risk of incurring high health-care costs from employers to...
by Eriksen Insurance | Nov 28, 2011 | Insurance Reform
Business Insurance reports: “THERE IS GOOD NEWS and there is bad news in the latest Mercer L.L.C. analysis of group health care plan costs. The bad news: Even in a down economy, group health care costs continue to rise, climbing by an average of 6.1% in 2011....
