by Ed Fensholt | January 20, 2012 | Health Reform
Two studies released recently paint starkly different pictures regarding the ability of the nation’s health care system to reduce costs by coordinating care and paying health care providers on the basis of quality and efficiency. The studies are interesting because...
by Ed Fensholt | January 18, 2012 | Health Reform
The White House today issued a report describing the progress 10 states have made in establishing Health Insurance Exchanges. Recall that under 2010’s federal health reform law, every state is tasked with establishing an insurance exchange—a sort of online purchasing...
by Ed Fensholt | January 12, 2012 | Compliance Services, Health Reform
Effective January 1, 2013, health flexible spending accounts (FSAs) must limit benefits to $2,500 per calendar year per enrolled employee. The limit appears to apply only to employee pre-tax contributions to health FSAs. Because the vast majority of health FSAs are...
by Ed Fensholt | December 19, 2011 | Health Reform
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the constitutionality and other aspects of last year’s federal health reform law over three days in late March, 2012. See the online article posted today by Jerry Geisel at Business Insurance for more detailed...
by Ed Fensholt | December 12, 2011 | Health Reform
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide next year whether the “individual mandate” under 2010’s federal health reform law is constitutional (and if not, whether the remainder of the law must also be thrown out). Although the date for arguments on these matters has not been...
