by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 26, 2016 | Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance News, Heath Care Costs
According to The CT Mirror: “Even if you don’t get your health insurance through Obamacare, you’re likely to get something related to the health law in the mail in the coming weeks: A new tax form. Known as Form 1095, it’s part of the way the federal government...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 26, 2016 | Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance News, Open Enrollment
According to USA Today: “Bowing to pressure from insurers, federal officials on Tuesday tightened the conditions under which people can sign up for plans on the HealthCare.govexchange outside open enrollment. The move by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 11, 2016 | Affordable Care Act, Family Health Insurance
The New York Times Reports: “Despite a 29 percent increase in the number of people enrolled in Obamacare, plenty of healthy holdouts remain, and their resistance helps explain why insurers are worried about the financial viability of the exchanges over time. The...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 27, 2015 | Insurance Reform
Investor’s Business Daily reports: “This year, as many as 6 million taxpayers will learn that they now owe a “Shared Responsibility Payment” because they didn’t have health insurance last year. The SRP is a clumsy euphemism for the...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 27, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Small Business
Generally, under Employer Shared Responsibility (ESR), applicable large employers (generally, employers with 50 or more full-time employees, including full-time equivalents) face a potential penalty if they don’t offer minimum essential coverage to full-time employees...