by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 30, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Health Laws
Kaiser Family Foundation reports: “Wednesday, July 20, 2011 As part of several debt-reduction and Medicare-reform proposals, some policymakers propose to prohibit Medicare supplemental insurance policies (known as Medigap) from covering all of enrollee’s...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 18, 2011 | Health Laws, Medicare
The AP reports: “Two Senate rebels jumped into Congress’ cut-the-deficit competition on Tuesday, proposing to raise the age of Medicare eligibility to 67 and increase monthly premiums for millions of current beneficiaries. “We can’t save...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 23, 2011 | Insurance Reform, Medicare
Forbes reports: “Joe Lieberman, the retiring, formerly Democratic Senator from Connecticut, has come up with his own plan for Medicare reform. As he put it last week in the Washington Post, “Democrats are right when they say the public wants to keep Medicare as...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 23, 2011 | Insurance Reform, Medicare
The Washington Post reports: “I don’t agree with everything in Marc Goldwein’s full-throated defense of raising the Medicare retirement age, but he’s right that the Affordable Care Act substantially blunts concerns about adults between 65 and 67 being able to...
by Eriksen Insurance | May 27, 2011 | Medicare
Insurance News Net reports: “The bad economy is worsening the already-shaky finances of Medicare and Social Security, draining the trust funds supporting them faster than expected and intensifying the need for Congress to shore up the benefit programs, the...
