Increasing rolls pressures Medicaid budget

by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 29, 2012 | Insurance Reform, Medicaid

Chicago Health Care Daily reports: The massive expansion of Medicaid upheld Thursday by the U.S. Supreme Court will likely add more than $1 billion over five years to the cost of Illinois’ struggling program, which can little afford any additional financial...

General Assembly puts health exchange bill on back burner

by Eriksen Insurance | May 15, 2012 | Insurance Reform

Crains reports: “Democratic and Republican leaders in the Illinois General Assembly have agreed to shelve a bill that would establish an Illinois health insurance exchange amid uncertainty created by the constitutional challenge to the federal health care...

HR pop quiz: Health insurance rebates

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 12, 2012 | Insurance Reform, Rebates

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Health Reform Law Ends Lifetime Limits For 105M Americans

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 6, 2012 | Insurance Reform

Insurance News Net reports: “State-by-state data available Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a new report today on how the health reform law has eliminated lifetime limits on coverage for more than 105 million Americans. Before...

Affordable Care Act Mandate Kicking Insurance Agents To The Curb

by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 19, 2012 | Insurance Reform

Yahoo News reports: “In an environment where jobs are hard to find, the Obama administration has thrown more than 100,000 health insurance agents and brokers under the bus and given them the gift of an unemployment line just before the holidays. To make matters...