by Eriksen Insurance | Sep 3, 2014 | Requirements
Benefits Pro reports: “The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) basic preventive services package famous by putting a controversial mandate — for “free” birth control...
by Eriksen Insurance | Aug 1, 2014 | Health Reform, Heath Care Costs
Chicago Health Care Daily reports: ” A $1,000-per-pill drug that insurers are reluctant to pay for has quickly become the treatment of choice for a liver-wasting viral disease that affects more than 3 million Americans. In less than six months, prescriptions for...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 3, 2013 | Health Reform
New Republic reports: “Conservatives are talking about the implementation of Obamacare in the same thoughtful way they talked about its enactment—that is, as an impending apocalypse. It won’t be, as I’ve noted previously. Most Americans get insurance...
by Eriksen Insurance | May 30, 2013 | Insurance Reform
This tool illustrates health insurance premiums and subsidies for people purchasing insurance on their own in new health insurance exchanges (or “Marketplaces”) created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Beginning in October 2013, middle-income people under age 65, who...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 25, 2013 | Insurance Reform
Bloomberg reports: “The $1.3 trillion U.S. health-care system overhaul is getting more expensive and will initially accomplish less than intended. Costs for a network of health-insurance exchanges, a core part of the Affordable Care Act, have swelled to $4.4...
