by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 23, 2012 | Illinois Health Insurance, Medicaid
The Chicago Tribune reports: “Gov. Pat Quinn plans to call for major Medicaid cuts during his annual budget address Wednesday and issue a warning that immediate changes must be made or the state’s health care system for the poor could collapse. A Quinn...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 22, 2012 | Insurance Reform
Insurance News Net reports: “BOISE, Idaho — Republican lawmakers in a handful of states are opening another front in the war against President Obama’s health care overhaul, seizing on the hot-button issue of birth control with bills that would allow...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 16, 2012 | Insurance Reform
New York Times reports: “The Obama administration thought it had found a way to ease mounting objections to a requirement in the new health care act that all employers — including religiously affiliated hospitals and universities — offer coverage for birth...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 7, 2012 | Insurance Reform
The Huff Post reports: “Health-care reform will not begin in earnest until 2014. However, 2012 will define whether it makes it that far. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on reform’s constitutionality before it adjourns in June. If the new law...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 30, 2012 | Insurance Reform
The Las Angeles Times reports: “The healthcare law’s mandate to require religious-affiliated employers to pay for contraception for their workers has prompted two lawsuits. If the matter gets to the Supreme Court, it will go before justices who recently...