Will Healthcare Reform Bring Down Costs?
Will the recently passed healthcare reform law actually help to bring down costs? One recent study says that it will.
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Will the recently passed healthcare reform law actually help to bring down costs? One recent study says that it will.
October 7, 2009
Patients can be better health care consumers if they're provided with good data and information.
October 2, 2009
Today’s recommendation is a relatively brief article that presents some great insights into the challenges of making consumer-driven health care a more central part of efforts to reform the health care system as a whole. The article, “Talk to the Invisible Hand” by Darshak Sanghavi, discusses the various reasons why the health care marketplace is… [Read more…]
August 31, 2009
Two companies provide examples of how offering high quality employee benefits can not only be the right thing to do as far as what's good for employees, but also the right thing to do for the company's bottom line.
July 31, 2009
Today’s Marketplace Scratch Pad blog points readers to an opinion piece in the Financial Times which I’m guessing will elicit some strong responses from at least some of the people who read this blog. Entitled “America’s healthcare should no longer be tied to jobs,” management consultant and author Matt Miller argues forcefully for the idea… [Read more…]
July 23, 2009
In answer to a question in his news conference on July 22, 2009, President Obama gave a very brief tutorial to the nation on the relationship between cash compensation and employee benefits.
July 13, 2009
Walmart has come out in favor of including a "pay-or-play" provision as a part of health care reform. Assuming such a provision becomes law, will employers choose to give up on providing health insurance to their employees?
July 8, 2009
How will we answer the really hard questions in the health care reform debate?
June 15, 2009
What will be the role of employers in the future when it comes to healthcare?
May 27, 2009
Two interesting blog posts from the past several days discuss the role of employers in providing health insurance in the United States. Jonathan Weber, a business owner, writes the following in a blog post entitled “Why Should I Have to Pay for My Employees’ Health Care?” As the national debate on health care reform ramps… [Read more…]
December 3, 2010
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