Employer Based Coverage Or Obamacare Plan? Which Is Better?

by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 12, 2013 | Insurance Reform

Forbes reports: “A common theme of the email I receive concerns the cost of employer based coverage versus buying health insurance on the new exchanges. Employer based coverage is considered too expensive by many people and they hope policies through Obamacare...

My Five Obamacare Anxieties: The scenarios that keep this reform advocate up at night

by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 3, 2013 | Health Reform

New Republic reports: “Conservatives are talking about the implementation of Obamacare in the same thoughtful way they talked about its enactment—that is, as an impending apocalypse. It won’t be, as I’ve noted previously. Most Americans get insurance...

Medicaid expansion could spell trouble for patients

by Eriksen Insurance | May 30, 2013 | Medicaid

Benefits Pro reports: “Medicaid is poised to expand in a big way — thanks to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — but just who is going to treat those new patients? That’s the major flaw of Medicaid expansion, according to new analysis from...

Health Care Reform – 2013 & 2014 Planning

by Eriksen Insurance | May 1, 2013 | Insurance Reform

Employers should review the fast-approaching 2013 and 2014 health care reform requirements. State Exchanges will be opening enrollment as soon as October 1, 2013 with benefits effective January 1, 2014. Along with many questions from employees, employers face a...

Health Care Reform Will Be A “Mess,” Experts Predict

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 2, 2013 | Insurance Reform

Insurance News Net reports: “When health care reforms begin this year and new insurance starts next year, it will not be pretty, health experts said. “This is going to be a mess,” said Jonathan Gruber, a health economist at theMassachusetts Institute...