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...
by Eriksen Insurance | May 10, 2012 | Group Health Insurance
BenefitsPro reports: “Health Savings Accounts What are they? HSAs are tax-advantaged medical savings accounts available to taxpayers who are enrolled in an HSA-qualified high-deductible health plan. The funds contributed to the account are not subject to federal...
by Eriksen Insurance | May 10, 2012 | Group Health Insurance
BenefitsPro reports: “Enrollment season this year will bring an added compliance requirement for employers, which is intended to help plan enrollees know exactly what they’re getting out of their policy. Beginning on Sept. 23, 180 million Americans with private...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 30, 2012 | Insurance Reform
Kaiser Foundation reports: “The least expensive health plan that most Americans would be required to purchase in 2014 under the so-called ³individual mandate² would provide coverage largely for catastrophic medical expenses, finds a new Kaiser Family Foundation...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 23, 2012 | Insurance Reform
Insurance News Net reports: “WASHINGTON, April 16 — Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla. (4th CD), issued the following column: To hear the media tell it, congressional Republicans have no solutions for health care reform beyond repealing Obamacare. However, House...