What A Difference A Year Makes

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 29, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform, Uncategorized

Kaiser Health News reports: “One year ago, the House of Representatives approved the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which had passed the Senate the previous Christmas Eve — at four in the morning, by one vote. Two days later, President Barack...

GOP Examines Ways to Block Health Care Reform

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 3, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

Miller-McCune reports: How might Republicans try to block the U.S. health reform law from going into effect? Let us count the ways. Repeal, replace, defund, deregulate. And, lest we forget, litigate. If all that fails, they can always shut down the government — if not...

Senators Move to Block ObamaCare Implementation Pending Resolution of States’ Lawsuit

by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 12, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

Targeted News Service reports: “WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 — The office of Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and 15 Senate colleagues have introduced a bill that would place a...

Tick, tick, tick: The cost of Obamacare is a time bomb

by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 31, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

The Washington Examiner reports: “In fighting against Obamacare repeal this week, Democrats portray their health care law as a money saver, claiming Republicans would add to the deficit by abolishing the legislation. But in their franker moments, the...

U.S. judge rejects key part of new healthcare law

by Eriksen Insurance | Dec 13, 2010 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform

The Los Angles Times reports: “Washington — A federal judge in Virginia on Monday rejected part of the new healthcare law, becoming the first court to rule that Congress had placed an unconstitutional requirement on Americans to get health insurance. The...