Mixed reviews on feds' health blueprint for states

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Above the Fold

March 13, 2012

Mixed reviews on feds' health blueprint for states

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

Do it your way, but get it done. That's what the Obama administration is telling the states when it comes to carrying out the new health overhaul law that will eventually cover most of America's 50 million uninsured people…Read more

Today's News

Reform driving up health plan costs

By Kathryn Mayer

Compliance with health care reform is already driving up costs for some employers' group health plans, and a majority of employers expect price increases to be passed on to employees, according to a Willis Group Holdings survey…Read more

What's causing steep premium increases?

By Ingrid Case

After several years of more modest increases, 2011 brought companies and consumers sharply higher health insurance premium increases—and questions about the factors behind the increased rates…Read more

Bailout watchdogs condemn AIG tax break

By Daniel Wagner

Former members of a congressional panel that oversaw bailouts during the financial crisis are condemning a tax break for insurance giant American International Group. They say it amounts to an extra bailout worth billions of dollars…Read more

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The Pulse

How 2012 will impact CDHPs

By Marty Trussell

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010, but the vast changes the law intended to bring about—many of which impact consumer-driven health plans—are to be phased in gradually over a period of eight years ending in 2018…Read more

Overheard on BenefitsPro

States don't want ERISA guidelines. Nobody wants a preemption provision. Erisa and Descreationary Authority (DA) destroy a benefiaries ability to pursue legal actions. DA allows the insurer to deny a claim for any reason with no legal recourse to the claimant. Even the supreme court has made comments about the unfairness of these insurance provisions. Erisa was created to help claimants but the result is that Erisa and DA have gutted the insureds of their legal rights, and if you try to file suit for your legitimate claim, the court will dismiss your case. Erisa preempts all and any state laws now and forever. End of story. I hope State Insurance exchanges fight Erisa and DA.

-- Tpequip , Despite outcry, ERISA needs protection

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