by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 19, 2013 | Insurance Reform
Insurance News Net reports: “Tina Nanos’ life was bogged down by her weight for years. “I thought about it. I was overweight for a very large portion of my life,” said Nanos, who lives in Wallingford with her husband and two children, 13 and 5....
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 19, 2013 | Insurance Reform
Kaiser Family Foundation reports: “The federal government recently released draft regulations that address the benefits, market rules, and rating practices for nongroup coverage. Before reform, the nongroup market was widely acknowledged to be broken, with...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 25, 2013 | Exchange
January 16, 2013 Legislative Update: HHS Releases Additional Guidance to States on Health Insurance Exchanges [All Markets] On Jan. 3, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released additional guidance on the partnership model of a federally...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 15, 2013 | Insurance Reform
ILLINOIS: The federal government granted the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC) $160 million in federal CO-OP funding less than two weeks before program funding was eliminated by Congress. The MCHC is an association of hospitals in the Chicago area. The...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 3, 2013 | Insurance Reform
Workforce reports: “Employers will not face massive penalties mandated by the health care reform law if they do not offer coverage to all their full-time employees, according to newly proposed Internal Revenue Service regulations. The massive...
