Obama has fallback options even if courts strike down historic health care overhaul law

by Eriksen Insurance | Dec 22, 2010 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

The Associated Press reports: “Opponents of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law are a cheering a federal court ruling that one of its core provisions is unconstitutional. They may not realize that Obama has a fallback option that also could...

Compilation from Aetna of developments in Washington, D.C. and state legislatures across the country

by Eriksen Insurance | Dec 16, 2010 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

Aetna reports: “Week of December 13, 2010 As policymakers focus greater attention on how to control health care spending, they would be wise to examine a new study published in the journal Health Affairs. A study published in the December edition found that per...

Uncertain mandate on health care

by Eriksen Insurance | Dec 16, 2010 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

The Chicago Tribune reports: “The Obama administration’s massive health insurance reform plan had to pass through numerous minefields before it finally became law. Now it has entered a new and equally uncertain part of the journey — the path through the...

The Real Health Deal Begins

by Eriksen Insurance | Dec 12, 2010 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

The Huffington Post reports: If you thought America’s health reform debate ended with Vice President Biden’s now famous, “This is a big f…ng deal!” comment to the President at the White House signing of the health care reform bill last...

Deficit Reduction Commission Reports to President

by Eriksen Insurance | Dec 9, 2010 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

Image by Getty Images via @daylife NAIFA.org reports: “On December 1, the co-chairmen of the President’s Deficit Reduction Commission (DRC) released the commission’s plan for reducing the deficit by $4 trillion over the next five years. The plan calls for...