by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 24, 2012 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield
News From The Blues reports: “In an ongoing effort to deliver cost-effective solutions to your clients, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) is excited to announce a rate adjustment for new and renewing small group business with April 1 effective...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 19, 2012 | Insurance Reform
Yahoo News reports: “In an environment where jobs are hard to find, the Obama administration has thrown more than 100,000 health insurance agents and brokers under the bus and given them the gift of an unemployment line just before the holidays. To make matters...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 9, 2012 | Insurance Reform
Business Insurance reports: “WASHINGTON—Internal Revenue Service guidance released last week resolves additional questions employers have raised about a health care reform law requirement that they report the cost of health care coverage on employees’ W-2...
by Eriksen Insurance | Dec 28, 2011 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Insurance Reform
News from the Blues reports: “On Friday, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued a “prerule” bulletin outlining how HHS intends to pursue rulemaking to define essential health benefits as required by the Affordable Care Act. In the...
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...
