Annual family health costs hit nearly $25K

by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 25, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Family Health Insurance

Benefits Pro reports: “A family of four with employer-sponsored health coverage is shelling out substantially more since the advent of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The cost of family coverage also is rising so fast that even this standard...

Count Down to Open Enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace

by Eriksen Insurance | Nov 4, 2014 | Insurance Reform, Open Enrollment

Insurance News Net reports: “The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Administration for Children & Families’ Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary and Interdepartmental Liaison for Early Childhood Development issued the following...

College Grads Have Several Options To Get Health Insurance

by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 15, 2014 | Health Insurance Cost, Young Adults

Insurance News Net reports: “Although the open enrollment period forhealth insurance under the Affordable Care Act ended in April, college graduates have several other options for coverage. The website, healthcare.gov, says college graduates, who do not...

Health Marketplace Sticker Shock Spreading

by Eriksen Insurance | May 16, 2014 | Exchange, Insurance Reform

Insurance News Net reports: “Last-minute shoppers to the health insurance marketplace plans might do well to heed the advice of Butler County physician Mark Musmanno: Know what you’re signing up for. Since the Affordable Care Act health exchanges went...

HHS: Health Care Premiums Likely To Go Up In 2015

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 4, 2014 | Insurance Reform

Insurance News Net reports: “Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says health insurance premiums are likely to increase in 2015. Sebelius’s comments came Wednesday during a hearing of the House Committee on Ways and Means about the White...