Obama signs bill repealing health care reform law vouchers

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 30, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

Business Insurance reports: “WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill that repeals a health care reform law provision that would have required employers to offer low-wage employees company-paid vouchers to buy coverage in state health...

Certain health care reform law requirements delayed

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

Business Insurance reports: “WASHINGTON—Employers will be given until Jan. 1, 2012, to comply with certain health care reform law requirements, the Labor Department has decided. One delay involves a reform provision in which health plan enrollees have to be...

Health Savings Accounts Offer Consumers a Way to Save Tax Free for Medical Care

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 28, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

Business Wire reports: “As you sit down to do your taxes this year, take a look at line 25 on Form 1040. It reads “Health savings account deduction,” which can mean more affordable health care coverage for your family with tax advantages to boot.  You can count...

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...