by Eriksen Insurance | Sep 3, 2013 | Health Reform
Benefits Pro reports: “The number of employers whose company health benefits plan cover the working (elsewhere) spouses of their employees has just been reduced by one — and it’s a big one, too. UPS announced in a memo to employees that it would cut up as many...
by Eriksen Insurance | Sep 3, 2013 | Exchange
The Wall Street Journal reports: “In about six weeks, Americans will have a new kind of open enrollment to consider. Starting Oct. 1, people without health insurance can sign up for standardized coverage through new health-insurance marketplaces run either by...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
Insurance News Net reports: “U.S. businesses pay $6,000 per year extra for each employee who smokes compared with someone who has never smoked cigarettes, researchers say. Lead author Micah Berman, an assistant professor of health services management and policy...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 3, 2013 | Health Laws
Benefits Pro reports: “Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama’s health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn. Where you live could make a huge difference in what you’ll pay. To try to keep premiums...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 31, 2013 | Health Laws, Heath Care Costs
Oregon Live reports: “WASHINGTON — Millions of smokers could be priced out of health insurance because of tobacco penalties in President Barack Obama’s health care law, according to experts who are just now teasing out the potential impact of a...