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Blue Cross, UnitedHealthcare return to Illinois Obamacare exchange

by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 11, 2016 | Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance News, Small Business

Crain’s Chicago Business Reports: “Aetna is returning to sell plans on the Illinois health insurance exchange after taking a year off. Also returning are giants Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois, the dominant insurer in the state; UnitedHealthcare,...

Blue Cross, Advocate team up on new health insurance plan

by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 11, 2016 | Affordable Care Act, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Health Insurance News

Crains Chicago Business Reports: “Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois and Advocate Health Care are teaming up to offer a health plan that will be one of the cheapest options the insurer offers on and off the Obamacare exchange. The plan, called BlueCare...

Will Only Suckers Pay The ObamaCare Tax Penalty?

by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 27, 2015 | Insurance Reform

Investor’s Business Daily reports: “This year, as many as 6 million taxpayers will learn that they now owe a “Shared Responsibility Payment” because they didn’t have health insurance last year. The SRP is a clumsy euphemism for the...

Medical Debt Still a Problem Under Health Law — Despite Protections

by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 10, 2015 | Health Reform, Insurance Reform

Kaiser Health News reports: “Elizabeth and Britt Harmon struggled for years to have a child, and were thrilled when their son Orin was born in February 2013. But they were unprepared for the medical problems that then upended the Brooksville, Maine couple’s...

Government Blinks Again on Obamacare

by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 10, 2015 | Affordable Care Act

Bloomberg View reports: “If you got health insurance subsidies last year, and you’re worried that you got too much in federal tax credits and will be faced with a huge tax bill for repayment, then you can worry a little less: The IRS says that people who...
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