Lifetimes by Blue Cross

by Eriksen Insurance | Aug 2, 2016 | Medicare

Here are some handy videos from Blue Cross about your Medicare options.   http://www.bcbsil.com/lifetimes/videos.html

Largest Texas Health Insurer Requests to Raise Premiums on Individual Policies

by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 14, 2016 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Newswire reports: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBS), which insures approximately 603,000 individual Texas policyholders, announced a proposal to raise premiums on three popular Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) plans by almost 60 percent. The rate hike...

Blue Cross Blue Shield Confirms Obamacare Death Spiral

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 28, 2016 | Affordable Care Act, Blue Cross and Blue Shield

According to The Beacon: ” The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, which represents 36 Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans covering 105 million Americans, has just released a study of its members’ claims data in Obamacare exchanges 2014 and 2015. It confirms...

The Federal Government’s $146 Billion Obamacare Boo-Boo

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 28, 2016 | Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance Cost

According to The Motley Fool: ” Bad things can happen when a government forecast proves to be way off. There are mistakes, and then there are big mistakes. What the Congressional Budget Office’s latest report on federal subsidies revealed was a mistake of...

Obamacare Encounters Another Bump in the Road

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 28, 2016 | Affordable Care Act, Exchange, Health Insurance News, Insurance Reform

According to News Max Finance: ” Well, the hammer has fallen: The largest health insurer in the U.S. has started pulling out of select Obamacare exchanges. Five months ago UnitedHealth, which had been singing sunny songs to investors about its bright future on...