by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 19, 2018 | Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance News
AP News reports: “The Trump administration’s new health insurance option offers lower premiums for small businesses and self-employed people, but the policies are likely to cover fewer benefits. Another caveat: if healthy people flock to the new plans as...
by Eriksen Insurance | May 8, 2018 | Affordable Care Act, Insurance Reform
NPR reports: “There already have been more than a dozen reasons U.S. consumers can use to avoid paying the penalty for not having health insurance. Now the federal government has added four more. These “hardship exemptions” let people off the hook if...
by Eriksen Insurance | Aug 18, 2017 | Obamacare, Trumpcare
Forbes reports: “A public option as an alternative or addition to subsidized private individual coverage under the Affordable Care Act is gaining momentum on the campaign trail ahead of next year’s 2018 midterm Congressional and gubernatorial elections. The...
by Eriksen Insurance | Aug 4, 2017 | Affordable Care Act, Blue Cross and Blue Shield
The Chicago Tribune reports: “Health insurers want to raise premiums next year for Illinois consumers who buy coverage through the Obamacare exchange — in many cases citing uncertainty surrounding the health care law as a reason for the proposed jumps. Average...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 14, 2016 | Affordable Care Act
Insurance News net reports: The Obama administration wants to limit consumers’ use of short-term insurance plans, which a growing number of Americans have been buying in response to the Affordable Care Act’s requirements to have health coverage. This...
