by Eriksen Insurance | Sep 10, 2014 | Health Insurance Cost
Crain’s Chicago Business reports: “A year after the nation embarked on the experiment in health care called Obamacare, rising drug prices threaten to jack up costs for employees and employers alike in 2015. Health care plans spend the most on drugs for...
by Eriksen Insurance | Oct 2, 2013 | Health Reform
Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal reports, “Trader Joe’s made a very big announcement last week, one that had nothing to do with Two-Buck Chuck. The grocery chain, in a memo obtained by the Huffington Post, told part-time employees it would end health insurance...
by Eriksen Insurance | Sep 3, 2013 | Health Laws
Insurance News Net reports: “A growing number of companies are looking to clamp down on rising health care costs by dumping coverage for their employees’ working spouses. Others are requiring their workers to pay extra money to cover a spouse who could...
by Eriksen Insurance | Sep 3, 2013 | Insurance Reform
Kaiser Health News reports: “As employers and insurance companies shift more health costs into workers’ pockets, hospitals are making a discovery. The pockets aren’t bottomless. “The number of accounts that we’re seeing that relate to these high-deductible plans...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 16, 2013 | Exchange, Illinois
The Chicago Tribune reports: “Illinois on Friday awarded marketing and public relations firm Fleishman Hillard a $35 million contract to market and promote the state’s Health Insurance Marketplace, an online exchange where individuals and small businesses...