by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 6, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Insurance Reform
Stateline reports: “WASHINGTON — One of the most familiar criticisms of the new national health-care law is that it does little to contain costs. And that’s true: The primary goal is to provide universal access to health insurance. Cost controls are supposed to...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 3, 2011 | Illinois Health Insurance, Insurance Reform
Bloomberg Businessweek reports: “Illinois forged ahead with implementing the nation’s new health care law Wednesday with support from its Democratic governor. Just back from a national governors meeting in Washington, Gov. Pat Quinn started reviewing a...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 3, 2011 | Health Laws, Illinois, Insurance Reform
MedIll reports: The panel struggling to figure out how Illinois will implement federal health care reform, Wednesday released a financially vague roadmap highlighting just how little citizens — and lawmakers — know about how the new law will work in...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 3, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Miller-McCune reports: How might Republicans try to block the U.S. health reform law from going into effect? Let us count the ways. Repeal, replace, defund, deregulate. And, lest we forget, litigate. If all that fails, they can always shut down the government — if not...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 2, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform, Medicare
Republican governors said President Barack Obama may not move fast enough to ease the burden of soaring health-care costs that are driving the $125 billion in projected deficits facing U.S. states. After meeting with Obama at the White House, Republicans including New...
