Certain health care reform law requirements delayed

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

Business Insurance reports: “WASHINGTON—Employers will be given until Jan. 1, 2012, to comply with certain health care reform law requirements, the Labor Department has decided. One delay involves a reform provision in which health plan enrollees have to be...

Insurance Director: Health Law Helping Consumers

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 31, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Illinois Health Insurance

Associated Press reports: “CHICAGO — While the anniversary of the Obama administration’s health law inspired events to publicize the law’s “broken promises” elsewhere, Illinois’ top insurance regulator contended consumers are...

Health Savings Accounts Offer Consumers a Way to Save Tax Free for Medical Care

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

Business Wire reports: “As you sit down to do your taxes this year, take a look at line 25 on Form 1040. It reads “Health savings account deduction,” which can mean more affordable health care coverage for your family with tax advantages to boot.  You can count...

A compilation from Aetna of health care-related developments in Washington, D.C. and state legislatures across the country

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

Aetna reports: “Week of March 14, 2011 With a law as complex as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), unintended consequences are always a concern. Last week The Wall Street Journal reported that the physician community is witnessing the...

State Medicaid enrollment soaring

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 1, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform, Medicare

The Wisconson State Journal reports: “Medicaid enrollment has soared more in Wisconsin than in any other state but Arizona in recent years, putting pressure on the state budget, according to a report released today by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance....