by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 13, 2015 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Health Insurance Cost
Crain’s Chicago Business reports: “In health insurance, as in so many businesses, it helps to be big. Larger insurers enjoy many advantages over smaller rivals. They have more clout in pricing negotiations with doctors and hospitals, greater economies of...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 13, 2015 | Insurance Reform
Politico Magazine reports: “Why the hell did Jonathan Gruber say that? And that? And that? And (sigh) the other thing? Those are the questions on the minds of virtually everyone in the health care world—especially the people who worked the hardest on Obamacare....
by Eriksen Insurance | Dec 17, 2014 | Insurance Reform, Political
Time reports: “”The House has an obligation to stand up for the Constitution” House Republicans sued the Obama Administration on Friday over how it has implemented the health care reform law, taking legal action after threatening to do so for months....
by Eriksen Insurance | Nov 3, 2014 | Insurance Reform
JD Supra reports: “Starting in 2016, Section 6055 of the Internal Revenue Code, which was added by the Health Care Reform Act, requires all entities providing “minimum essential coverage” (MEC) to submit information to the IRS concerning each covered individual,...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 21, 2014 | Health Reform
Business Insurance reports: “Employers can impose a one-month orientation period before a 90-day waiting period starts to either offer qualifying employees group health insurance or face a penalty, according to the latest federal guidance on complying with the...