Most Americans expect SCOTUS to overturn health care law’s individual mandate

by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 30, 2012 | Insurance Reform

The Washington Post reports: ” The majority of Americans expect the Supreme Court to find the health reform law’s mandate that people purchase health insurance unconstitutional, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll out this morning. Just less than a...

User-friendly health plan summaries at risk

by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 30, 2012 | Insurance Reform

Benefits Pro reports: “One of the most popular provisions of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul — consumer-friendly summaries of what your insurance plan covers — suddenly seems to be at risk. Consumer groups say it’s not Republican...

Key Findings from the January 2012 Kaiser Family

by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 26, 2012 | Insurance Reform

Foundation Health Tracking Poll: As the Supreme Court prepares to hear legal challenges to the health reform law in March, most Americans expect the Justices to base their ruling on their own ideological views rather than their interpretation of the law, according to...

Bishops Will Sue Feds Over Contraception Rule

by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 24, 2012 | Health Laws

Kaiser Health News reports: “The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is promising a legal challenge to federal rules the Obama administration reaffirmed Friday requiring health insurers to provide women with a range of preventive health services,...

Health reform law has small insurers on edge

by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 24, 2012 | Insurance Reform

Peter Frost of The Chicago Tribune reports: “United Security Life and Health Insurance Co. lost money in 2009. The next two years weren’t much better. So when it came time for the small Bedford Park-based insurer to set health care premiums in 2012, it...