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...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 10, 2013 | Insurance Reform
Bloomberg Businessweek reports: “A growing number of small businesses have tried to reduce their health-care costs in recent years by replacing traditional insurance with self-insured plans. That means that instead of buying policies from big insurers such as...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 10, 2013 | Exchange
Insurance News Net reports: “A new analysis fromHealthPocket, Inc. of early health insurancerate filings finds that the least expensive plans under the Affordable Care Act(ACA) have higher out-of-pocket costs for consumers compared to current plans in the...
