Vt. Senate gives final nod to universal health care bill in 21-9 vote

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

VT Digger reports: “In a historic vote on Tuesday, the Vermont Legislature created the enabling legislation for a first-in-the-nation universal health care system. The state Senate approved the visionary plan for a single-payer system in a 21-9 vote after four...

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...

Bill Seeks to End FSA ‘Use It or Lose It’ Rule

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

Society for Human Resource Management reports: “The proposed Medical Flexible Spending Account Improvement Act (H.R. 1004), a bill that would allow employees to withdraw and pay taxes on any remaining funds in their medical flexible spending accounts (FSAs)...

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...

Study: Homeless Patients Cost $2,500 More Than The Average Patient For Each Hospital Stay

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

NewsRx reports: “Homeless patients cost about $2,500 more per hospital stay than the average patient, according to a new study by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital. Homeless people with medical or surgical problems arrive at the hospital with...