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...

A new kind of doctor’s office charges a monthly fee and doesn’t take insurance — and it could be the future of medicine

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

Yahoo Finance reports: “Dr. Bryan Hill spent his career working as a pediatrician, teaching at a university, and working at a hospital. But in March 2016, he decided he no longer wanted a boss. He took some time off, then one day he got a call asking if...

No one thinks the GOP health bill is a good idea for Illinois

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

Crains Chicago Business reports: “There are not many things that Republicans and Democrats in Illinois agree on. But there’s near universal consensus that House Republicans’ proposed Obamacare replacement would do serious harm to Chicago and the...

House Republicans release long-awaited ObamaCare replacement bill

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 8, 2017 | Affordable Care Act, Obamacare

Fox News reports: “House Republicans on Monday evening released the text of their long-awaited ObamaCare replacement bill, proposing to eliminate the various taxes and penalties tied to the original legislation while still preserving certain patient protections....

Got health insurance? That doesn’t mean you’ll be able to pay your medical bills.

by Eriksen Insurance | Mar 8, 2017 | Individual Health Insurance

The Miami Herald reports: “Hospitals around the country are reporting record levels of debt on their books from an unlikely source: patients with health care coverage. As health insurers and employers have shifted health care costs to patients through high...