Obama budget adds domestic same-sex partners to Obamacare

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 25, 2013 | Insurance Reform

CNN Politics reports: “Buried deep inside President Obama’s 2014 budget released on Wednesday is a new proposal to expand federal health insurance benefits to same-sex domestic partners. Framed as a measure to reduce the deficit, the proposal would amend...

Insurers set to submit plans for Illinois exchange

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 10, 2013 | Exchange

The Chicago Tribune Business reports: Health insurance companies hoping to compete for a share of an estimated half-million new customers in Illinois can begin submitting health plans Monday to the state for inclusion on the Illinois health insurance exchange....

Health reform turns 3, with the hardest part yet to come

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 9, 2013 | Health Reform

NBC News reports: “Three years ago this weekend, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. Its provisions sound sweeping – get health insurance to 32 million Americans who don’t have it now, stop insurers from cherry-picking their customers,...

Health Care Reform Will Be A “Mess,” Experts Predict

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 2, 2013 | Insurance Reform

Insurance News Net reports: “When health care reforms begin this year and new insurance starts next year, it will not be pretty, health experts said. “This is going to be a mess,” said Jonathan Gruber, a health economist at theMassachusetts Institute...

Why Premiums Will Change for People Who Now Have Nongroup Insurance

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...