Health Care Law Gets Day In Court

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...

Polls Highlight Split on Health Care Law

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 29, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

New York Times Digital reports: “One year after President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, the public remains confused about the legislation, divided on its passage and unconvinced that it will improve health care. And a...

A compilation from Aetna of health care-related developments in Washington, D.C. and state legislatures across the country

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 21, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

Aetna reports: “Week of March 14, 2011 With a law as complex as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), unintended consequences are always a concern. Last week The Wall Street Journal reported that the physician community is witnessing the...

Groups cheer U.S. House’s vote to repeal 1099 tax reporting rule

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 21, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

IFA Webnews.com reports: Insurance industry trade groups praised the U.S. House of Representatives for passing a bill to repeal the 1099 provision of the health care reform. H.R. 4, the bill to repeal the 1099 provision, passed 314-112, in a decision favored by the...

Justice Dept. asks court for speedy review of health care reform law

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 21, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

CNN reports: “Washington (CNN) — A U.S. appeals court has been asked by the Justice Department to speed up consideration of the sweeping health care reform law’s constitutionality. The request followed a ruling by a federal judge in Florida in...