Lawsuits Challenging U.S. Healthcare Reform

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 30, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

Reuters reports: “Factbox: Lawsuits challenging U.S. healthcare reform Wed, Apr 27 10:27 AM EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than half of all U.S. states have launched lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reforms signed into law by...

Vt. Senate gives final nod to universal health care bill in 21-9 vote

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 30, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

VT Digger reports: “In a historic vote on Tuesday, the Vermont Legislature created the enabling legislation for a first-in-the-nation universal health care system. The state Senate approved the visionary plan for a single-payer system in a 21-9 vote after four...

Obama Administration Eases Pain Of Medicare Cuts

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 30, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

AP reports: “WASHINGTON — Millions of seniors in popular private insurance plans offered through Medicare will be getting a reprieve from some of the most controversial cuts in President Barack Obama’s health care law. In a policy shift critics see...

Health Care Law Gets Day In Court

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 30, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

USA Today reports: “Legal challenges to the sweeping federal health care overhaul backed by the Obama administration are heading toward the Supreme Court, where the justices who would decide the law’s fate could have as much at stake as the parties...

Senate Sends 1099 Repeal Bill To President’S Desk

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 22, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 5, 2011 — The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) today praised the U.S. Senate for passing H.R. 4, the “Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of...