Court Schedules Week Of Health Care Arguments

by Eriksen Insurance | Dec 28, 2011 | Insurance Reform

Insurance News Net reports: “The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will use an unprecedented week’s worth of argument time in late March to decide the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s historic health care overhaul. The high court...

Both Sides Lobbying Over Health Care Supreme Court Case

by Eriksen Insurance | Nov 28, 2011 | Insurance Reform

Gather.com reports: “Next year, one of the central tenets of the health care reform law–the individual mandate–will either be upheld or overturned by the Supreme Court. The Affordable Care Act has been deeply partisan since it first came into...

Why Few Employers Use Health-Care Tax Credits

by Eriksen Insurance | Nov 18, 2011 | Heath Care Costs, Insurance Reform

Low exploitation rates for tax breaks intended to encourage small business owners to provide health insurance are prompting complaints that the credits aren’t practical. Small business health insurance tax credits went into effect in March 2010 as part of the...

Justices unlikely to have last word on health care

by Eriksen Insurance | Nov 18, 2011 | Insurance Reform

Benifits Pro reports: “WASHINGTON (AP) — The weight of a Supreme Court decision isn’t likely to settle the contentious debate over health care in America, a nation disdainful of big government and historically unable to guarantee affordable basic coverage...

Health Law Survives Test in Court of Appeals

by Eriksen Insurance | Nov 10, 2011 | Insurance Reform

The New York Times reports: “A federal appeals court in Washington upheld the Obama administration’s health care law on Tuesday in a decision written by a prominent conservative jurist. The decision came as the Supreme Court is about to consider whether to take...