by Eriksen Insurance | Dec 8, 2011 | Insurance Reform
NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — “Even in an environment of uncertainty about the future of health care reform, a majority of employers surveyed (56 percent) say that they are likely to continue to offer employer-sponsored health insurance after...
by Eriksen Insurance | Nov 28, 2011 | Insurance Reform
Business Insurance reports: “THERE IS GOOD NEWS and there is bad news in the latest Mercer L.L.C. analysis of group health care plan costs. The bad news: Even in a down economy, group health care costs continue to rise, climbing by an average of 6.1% in 2011....
by Eriksen Insurance | Nov 28, 2011 | Insurance Reform
Gather.com reports: “Next year, one of the central tenets of the health care reform law–the individual mandate–will either be upheld or overturned by the Supreme Court. The Affordable Care Act has been deeply partisan since it first came into...
by Eriksen Insurance | Nov 8, 2011 | Heath Care Costs, Insurance Reform
Accounting Today reports: “The number of claims for the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit, which was included in the health care reform law as a way to help small businesses provide health insurance for their employees, has been much lower than anticipated,...
by Eriksen Insurance | Oct 31, 2011 | Heath Care Costs, Insurance Reform
BenifitsPro reports: “In an effort to keep health care costs down and encourage better usage, the Affordable Care Act includes a provision that requires preventive care to be offered free of charge. While that may sound good in theory, some benefits experts do...