Federal judge rules Obama’s health care overhaul unconstitutional

by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 3, 2019 | Affordable Care Act

ABC 8 News reports: “A conservative federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled the Affordable Care Act “invalid” on the eve of the sign-up deadline for next year. But with appeals certain, even the Trump White House said the law will remain in place for now. In a...

Why Do Short-Term Health Insurance Plans Have Lower Premiums Than Plans That Comply with the ACA?

by Eriksen Insurance | Nov 2, 2018 | Short Term Insurance

KFF.com reports: “The Trump administration earlier this year issued a regulation that expands the availability of “short-term” health insurance plans that do not have to comply with any of the rules in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for plans sold in the...

Insured Through Your Job? Medicaid? The ACA? Here’s What Could Change For You

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 24, 2017 | Health Insurance News

Yahoo News reports: “It’s even clearer now how much the GOP plan to replace the Affordable Care Act will change health insurance for just about everyone. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office Monday released its estimates of the cost and impact of...

Only one insurer will offer PPO plan on state Obamacare exchange

by Eriksen Insurance | Oct 31, 2016 | 2017 Open Enrollment

The Chicago Tribune reports: “Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois will be the only insurer offering PPO health insurance plans on the state’s Obamacare exchange next year, according to information released Friday by the state Department of Insurance....

Land of Lincoln just 1 in long line of ACA health co-op failures

by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 20, 2016 | Affordable Care Act

The Chicago Sun-Times reports: “The state’s shutdown of its three-year-old Land of Lincoln Health was no surprise, observers say, coming amidst a nationwide trail of failures of nonprofit alternative insurers set up under the Affordable Care Act. Those insurers...