by Eriksen Insurance | May 16, 2014 | Health Reform
Benefits Pro reports: “Those who enrolled in health coverage through the exchanges aren’t as healthy as some would like, according to new data. Analysis from Express Scripts shows that, based on their medication usage, PPACA enrollees are sicker than patients...
by Eriksen Insurance | May 16, 2014 | Health Laws
Yahoo Finance reports: “President Obama this week cheered the milestone 7 millionth person to sign up for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but a growing opinion is spreading among Democrats that the law’s employer mandate should go. Former White House press...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 4, 2014 | Group Health Insurance, Insurance Reform
Benefitspro reports: “Only a quarter of employers are certain they will still be offering company-sponsored health insurance a decade from now. That’s down from 38 percent in 2010 and 73 percent in 2007, according to a survey by Towers Watson and the National...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 18, 2014 | Insurance Reform, Young Adults
Yahoo Finance reports: “One provision of the Affordable Care Act that has garnered pretty universal praise is the policy change allowing young adults to remain on their parents’ health insurance plans through age 26. Previously, young adults were knocked off the...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 12, 2014 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Chicago Health Care Daily reports: “The parent company of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois appears to be reaping the benefits of setting the premiums for its plans lower than other carriers on the federal health insurance exchange. Across the 36 states...