by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 5, 2013 | Insurance Reform
How is modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) calculated? Generally, your modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) is the total of your adjusted gross income and tax-exempt interest income you may have. These are the amounts on lines 37 and 8b of IRS from 1040. Some...
by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 5, 2013 | Insurance Reform, Requirements
Courier-Journal reports: “If you are young and healthy, get ready to pay more for health insurance when the Affordable Care Act goes into effect next year, Humana CEO Bruce Broussard said Thursday. In a speech before the Rotary Club of Louisville, Broussard...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 29, 2013 | Insurance Reform
Insurance News Net reports: “Mental health experts say healthcare reform will play a role in one of U.S. President Barack Obama’s proposals for reducing gun violence. Obama this week instructed the Department of Health and Human Services to complete...
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 | Mar 21, 2012 | Insurance Reform
Politico reports: “President Barack Obama promised over and over during the health care debate that “if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.” It turns out that, for a lot of people, that isn’t true. A Congressional Budget Office...