by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 6, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Insurance Reform
Stateline reports: “WASHINGTON — One of the most familiar criticisms of the new national health-care law is that it does little to contain costs. And that’s true: The primary goal is to provide universal access to health insurance. Cost controls are supposed to...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 3, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Miller-McCune reports: How might Republicans try to block the U.S. health reform law from going into effect? Let us count the ways. Repeal, replace, defund, deregulate. And, lest we forget, litigate. If all that fails, they can always shut down the government — if not...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 2, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform, Medicare
Republican governors said President Barack Obama may not move fast enough to ease the burden of soaring health-care costs that are driving the $125 billion in projected deficits facing U.S. states. After meeting with Obama at the White House, Republicans including New...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 12, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Targeted News Service reports: “WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 — The office of Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and 15 Senate colleagues have introduced a bill that would place a...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 12, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Employee Benefit Advisor reports: “As a result of health care reform, employers – especially smaller ones – are turning to their benefits consultants, brokers and agents for more help, according to a new poll from MetLife. The MetLife Health Care Reform Poll,...
