by Eriksen Insurance | Sep 20, 2012 | Medicare
Kaiser Health News reports: “Medicare providers would see reductions of about $11 billion beginning in January as part of series of automatic spending cuts set to begin next year unless Congress acts to halt them, according to estimates released Friday by the...
by Eriksen Insurance | Aug 31, 2012 | Insurance Reform
Employee Benefit Adviser reports: “American workers are more concerned about cuts in their benefits than losing their jobs, according to a Gallup poll released today. Forty percent of workers surveyed August 9-12 said they are concerned that their benefits will...
by Eriksen Insurance | May 31, 2012 | Health Laws
TPM reports: “Senate Republicans are echoing the House GOP’s shift in favor of some of the more popular “Obamacare” provisions, a sign that the party is uniting behind the strategy ahead of the election. With a Supreme Court decision looming next month, House...
by Eriksen Insurance | May 30, 2012 | Exchange, Insurance Reform
The News-Gazette reports: “The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Illinois nearly $32.8 million to continue getting ready to launch a major piece of the federal health care reform law. The money was granted to help develop the state’s...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 19, 2012 | Insurance Reform
Yahoo News reports: “In an environment where jobs are hard to find, the Obama administration has thrown more than 100,000 health insurance agents and brokers under the bus and given them the gift of an unemployment line just before the holidays. To make matters...