Analysis Estimates Impact of Medigap Reforms on Medicare Spending and Out-of-Pocket Costs

by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 30, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Health Laws

Kaiser Family Foundation reports: “Wednesday, July 20, 2011 As part of several debt-reduction and Medicare-reform proposals, some policymakers propose to prohibit Medicare supplemental insurance policies (known as Medigap) from covering all of enrollee’s...

Delay Medicare eligibility: Coburn and Lieberman

by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 18, 2011 | Health Laws, Medicare

The AP reports: “Two Senate rebels jumped into Congress’ cut-the-deficit competition on Tuesday, proposing to raise the age of Medicare eligibility to 67 and increase monthly premiums for millions of current beneficiaries. “We can’t save...

U.S. Plans Stealth Survey on Access to Doctors

by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 28, 2011 | Insurance Reform

The New York Times reports: “WASHINGTON — Alarmed by a shortage of primary care doctors, Obama administration officials are recruiting a team of “mystery shoppers” to pose as patients, call doctors’ offices and request appointments to see how difficult it is for...

Joe Lieberman Tackles Medicare Reform

by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 23, 2011 | Insurance Reform, Medicare

Forbes reports: “Joe Lieberman, the retiring, formerly Democratic Senator from Connecticut, has come up with his own plan for Medicare reform. As he put it last week in the Washington Post, “Democrats are right when they say the public wants to keep Medicare as...

What a grand bargain on health care would look like

by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 23, 2011 | Insurance Reform, Medicare

The Washington Post reports: “I don’t agree with everything in Marc Goldwein’s full-throated defense of raising the Medicare retirement age, but he’s right that the Affordable Care Act substantially blunts concerns about adults between 65 and 67 being able to...