Most Will Be Able to Automatically Renew Coverage Under Health Law

by Eriksen Insurance | Jul 15, 2014 | Family Health Insurance, Health Insurance Cost

The New York Times reports: “The Obama administration announced Thursday that most people would be able to renew subsidized health insurance coverage without filing an application and without going back to HealthCare.gov, the website that frustrated millions of...

Obamacare Rule: Dump Employees Onto Exchanges, Face Big Taxes

by Eriksen Insurance | Jun 26, 2014 | Insurance Reform

Newsmax reports: “Employers who give money to their workers to help pay for insurance through Obamacare exchanges may be in for sticker shock when the taxman comes calling: the IRS considers such arrangements employer payment plans that don’t satisfy...

Obamacare’s Employer Mandate Is Toast, And Democrats Are OK With That

by Eriksen Insurance | May 16, 2014 | Health Laws

Yahoo Finance reports: “President Obama this week cheered the milestone 7 millionth person to sign up for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but a growing opinion is spreading among Democrats that the law’s employer mandate should go. Former White House press...

Why Employers Will Stop Offering Health Insurance

by Eriksen Insurance | May 16, 2014 | Group Health Insurance

The New York Times reports: “Here’s a prediction: By 2025, “fewer than 20 percent of workers in the private sector will receive traditional employer-sponsored health insurance.” The source of this claim? Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, in his just-published book,...

Blue Cross parent expecting losses in 2014 due to Obamacare

by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 2, 2014 | Insurance Reform

Healthcare Daily reports: “Annual net income for the parent company of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois fell well below the $1 billion mark for the first time since 2009, in part because the insurance giant is setting aside money to offset expected...