by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 13, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance News
The Daily Caller reports: “An Obamacare-created and taxpayer-funded insurance company in Iowa has been taken over by the state due to a financial crisis. CoOportunity Health is Iowa’s insurance cooperative — a nonprofit insurance company created by the...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 13, 2015 | Health Insurance Cost
Forbes reports: “Question: I am shopping the federal Marketplace for a new health insurance plan. Though I understand the basics of health insurance, deductibles have me confused. I am the sole breadwinner, living in Houston with a wife and two young children....
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 12, 2015 | Health Reform, Heath Care Costs
The Motley Fool reports: “Ever since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, critics have cited the penalties that the law imposes on those who don’t have qualifying healthcare coverage. Yet, with those...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 12, 2015 | Exchange, Illinois, Illinois Health Insurance
The Quad-City Times reports: “An 11th-hour bid to establish a state-based health insurance exchange fell short Wednesday when the Illinois House adjourned for the remainder of the year without bringing the matter for a vote. Against the backdrop of a federal...
by Eriksen Insurance | Jan 12, 2015 | Family Health Insurance, Insurance Reform
Yahoo Finance reports: “As the cost of health care rises, more and more Americans in nearly every economic class are choosing to delay medical treatment because they can’t afford it. A new Gallup poll released Friday found that about one in three Americans say...