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...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 9, 2018 | Medicare
Bloomberg reports: “Deep in a budget deal Congress passed earlier this year — just 118 words in Section 53116, a little before passages on prison reporting data and payment yields for seed cotton — was a hit to pharmaceutical companies that will cost...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 5, 2018 | Medicare
The Washington Post reports: “Air conditioners for people with asthma, healthy groceries, rides to medical appointments and home-delivered meals may be among the new benefits added to Medicare Advantage coverage when new federal rules take effect next year. On...