Businesses re-evaluate spousal coverage

by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 1, 2014 | Insurance Reform, Requirements

Benefits Pro reports: “When United Parcel Service (UPS) announced a major change in spousal insurance coverage, it was the shot heard ’round the benefits world. “I have been talking about working spouses with access to their own health insurance for more...

Obamacare Rule: Dump Employees Onto Exchanges, Face Big Taxes

by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 26, 2014 | Insurance Reform

Newsmax reports: “Employers who give money to their workers to help pay for insurance through Obamacare exchanges may be in for sticker shock when the taxman comes calling: the IRS considers such arrangements employer payment plans that don’t satisfy...

With health law, workers ponder the I-Quit option

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 4, 2014 | Insurance Reform

The Star Tribune reports: “For uninsured people, the nation’s new health care law may offer an escape from worry about unexpected, astronomical medical bills. But for Stephanie Payne of St. Louis, who already had good insurance, the law could offer another...

HHS: Health Care Premiums Likely To Go Up In 2015

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 4, 2014 | Insurance Reform

Insurance News Net reports: “Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says health insurance premiums are likely to increase in 2015. Sebelius’s comments came Wednesday during a hearing of the House Committee on Ways and Means about the White...

Statement on Delay in Some Employers’ Health-Insurance Mandate

by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 18, 2014 | Insurance Reform

The Wall Street Journal reports: ” WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations implementing the employer responsibility provisions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that take...