by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 12, 2013 | Insurance Reform
Small Business Trends reports: “As health care reform mandates take effect in 2014, small employers with fewer than 50 full time employees face more changes than large and medium-sized businesses. Several provisions in the new law means small businesses must not...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 10, 2013 | Insurance Reform
Bloomberg Businessweek reports: “A growing number of small businesses have tried to reduce their health-care costs in recent years by replacing traditional insurance with self-insured plans. That means that instead of buying policies from big insurers such as...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 10, 2013 | Insurance Reform
The New York Times reports: “When a typical 40-year-old uninsured woman in Maine goes to the new state exchange to buy health insurance this fall, she may have just two companies to choose from: the one that already sells most individual policies in the state,...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 10, 2013 | Health Reform
Benefits Pro reports: “Pity the poor HR managers. That’s the first thought that sprang to mind after I heard the news about the delayed PPACA employer mandate. I mean, sure, a lot of businesses were relieved to get the extra time. But in the HR world, it’s...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 9, 2013 | Insurance Reform
The Kansas City Star reports: “Three years after it passed, President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats are still trying to sell the federal health care law to a skeptical nation. Lawmakers, armed with tool kits and fact sheets, are fanning out across the nation...