by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 11, 2016 | Health Insurance Cost, Health Insurance News, Heath Care Costs
Energy & Commerce Reports: “WASHINGTON, DC – The number of failed Obamacare CO-OPs grew to one dozen today as Michigan became the latest to announce it was closing. To date, 12 of the original 23 CO-OPs have closed, bringing the total cost to taxpayers at...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 11, 2016 | Affordable Care Act, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Health Insurance News
Crains Chicago Business Reports: “Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois and Advocate Health Care are teaming up to offer a health plan that will be one of the cheapest options the insurer offers on and off the Obamacare exchange. The plan, called BlueCare...
by Eriksen Insurance | Sep 16, 2015 | Family Health Insurance
Yahoo Finance reports: “Nearly a third of the roughly 50 million elderly Americans who depend on Medicare for their physician care and other health services could see their premiums jump by 52 percent or more next year. That’s because of a quirk in the law that...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 13, 2015 | Insurance Reform
Politico Magazine reports: “Why the hell did Jonathan Gruber say that? And that? And that? And (sigh) the other thing? Those are the questions on the minds of virtually everyone in the health care world—especially the people who worked the hardest on Obamacare....
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 12, 2015 | Health Reform, Heath Care Costs
The Motley Fool reports: “Ever since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, critics have cited the penalties that the law imposes on those who don’t have qualifying healthcare coverage. Yet, with those...