Meet the woman tasked with selling PPACA

by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 12, 2013 | Insurance Reform

Benefits Pro reports: “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act isn’t as old as you think, but its history has already been long and arduous. Three years after President Obama signed it into law, it’s still overwhelmingly confusing — not to mention...

Democrats hit the road to sell public on Obamacare

by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 9, 2013 | Insurance Reform

The Kansas City Star reports: “Three years after it passed, President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats are still trying to sell the federal health care law to a skeptical nation. Lawmakers, armed with tool kits and fact sheets, are fanning out across the nation...

Employers test mix of strategies to avoid PPACA

by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 12, 2013 | Insurance Reform

Benefits pro reports: “Employers that have pruned the hours of part-timers in response to Obamacare have generated plenty of headlines, mostly negative. But it’s not the only strategy they’re testing in hopes of sparing themselves the expense of buying health...

Medicaid expansion could spell trouble for patients

by Eriksen Insurance | May 30, 2013 | Medicaid

Benefits Pro reports: “Medicaid is poised to expand in a big way — thanks to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — but just who is going to treat those new patients? That’s the major flaw of Medicaid expansion, according to new analysis from...

Taxpayers File Suit Over IRS Rule on Health Care Act Tax Credits

by Eriksen Insurance | May 23, 2013 | Insurance Reform

Forbs reports: “Just one day after the Internal Revenue Service additional Proposed Regulations to clarify governance issues related to the HealthCare Act, a group of taxpayers filed a lawsuit in federal court, hoping to put the brakes on the IRS’ right to...