by Eriksen Insurance | May 13, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Insurance Reform
Copyright:(c) 2011 A.M. Best Company, Inc. Source:A.M. Best Company, Inc. Wordcount:434 GOP lawmakers want the Internal Revenue Service to explain how it is spending its share of a $1 billion fund created to help launch elements of the Affordable Care Act. Ways and...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 30, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
USA Today reports: “Legal challenges to the sweeping federal health care overhaul backed by the Obama administration are heading toward the Supreme Court, where the justices who would decide the law’s fate could have as much at stake as the parties...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 21, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Los Angles Times reports: “The Pain: Critics see danger ahead. Most voucher proposals peg the growth in value of the voucher to general inflation or economic growth. But the cost of Medicare benefits is likely to be higher. That raises concerns that costs will...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 8, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Source: Associated Press “WASHINGTON — Strained state budgets and a new crew of Republican governors have combined to reopen the debate over Medicaid, the health care program for the poorest and sickest Americans. GOP governors want control of the purse...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 3, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Miller-McCune reports: How might Republicans try to block the U.S. health reform law from going into effect? Let us count the ways. Repeal, replace, defund, deregulate. And, lest we forget, litigate. If all that fails, they can always shut down the government — if not...