by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 25, 2012 | Insurance Reform
Aetna reports: “ILLINOIS: Legislators will return to session next week after a two-week break. Front and center through the end of May are Governor Quinn’s Medicaid and pension reform requests contained in his budget address. The governor is proposing...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 25, 2012 | Insurance Reform
Politico reports: “If the Supreme Court upholds the health reform law this summer, states could be forced to a moment-of-truth situation: Do they set up a health insurance exchange, or do they let the feds come in and run theirs? The problem is that many...
by Eriksen Insurance | Feb 20, 2012 | Insurance Reform
The Jurist reports: “The party and amicus briefs are stacking up in advance of the five-and-a-half hours of oral argument on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) to be held March 26-28. The following provides an overview...
by Eriksen Insurance | Oct 17, 2011 | Insurance Reform
The New York Times reports: “WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Friday that it was scrapping a long-term care insurance program created by the new health care law because it was too costly and would not work. Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of...
by Eriksen Insurance | Aug 10, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Insurance Reform
Atena reports: “U.S. health care spending in recent years has grown by historically modest rates thanks largely to the effects of the recession, but all that is expected to change by 2014 when major coverage expansions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) begin....