by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 13, 2015 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Health Insurance Cost
Crain’s Chicago Business reports: “In health insurance, as in so many businesses, it helps to be big. Larger insurers enjoy many advantages over smaller rivals. They have more clout in pricing negotiations with doctors and hospitals, greater economies of...
by Eriksen Insurance | May 4, 2015 | Health Care .gov, Individual Health Insurance, Insurance Reform
CNN reports: “Gov. Chris Christie attempted to position himself as the likely candidate most willing to take on entitlement reform when he delivered a 40-minute speech on the issue in New Hampshire on Tuesday. The New Jersey Republican, who kicked off a four-day...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 27, 2015 | Health Insurance Cost, Illinois
Crain’s Chicago Business reports: “Proving that no one is immune to the changes sweeping the health care industry, two of Chicago’s most prestigious teaching hospitals are being dinged by insurance companies trying to control costs. Humana is ending...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 27, 2015 | Medicare
The Wall Street Journal reports: ” More and more attention is being paid to end-of-life care. But much less attention is going toward what care is appropriate for the very old who are chronically ill but not in their last year of life. My Kaiser Family...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 10, 2015 | Medicaid
Yahoo News reports: “The Obama administration on Monday unveiled an ambitious plan to control health costs by moving the $2.9 trillion U.S. health systems away from costly fee-for-service medicine, beginning with the Medicare program for the elderly and...
