New Final Regulations Expand the Availability of HRAs

by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 24, 2019 | Employer benefits

JD Supra reports: “On June 13, 2019, the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Treasury (the “Departments”), published final regulations which significantly broaden the types of health plans that may be...

4 healthcare costs in retirement no one warns you about

by Eriksen Insurance | May 20, 2019 | Medicare

MSN Money reports: “Many Americans are stressed about paying for late-in-life healthcare. Studies show that over a third of US adults are more concerned about covering health costs in retirement than paying off debt and affording lifestyle expenses right now,...

Where Obamacare Has Become Unaffordable, Short Term Health Insurance Can Help

by Eriksen Insurance | Aug 18, 2017 | Obamacare

Forbes reports: “Next time you run into someone who minimizes the problems with Obamacare, I want you to introduce them to Fay. She’s a reasonably healthy 60 year old grandmother living in Fayette County, Illinois and earns about 450% of the federal...

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...