Suprising to some, but not to others, recent polls show that small business owners place concerns about the cost of health care over other important issues such as taxes and the credit crisis. The cost of offering health coverage to their employees, and the decision of whether to do it at all, are top priority [...]

The McGraw Wentworth survey is again targeting med-sized companies in Michigan to gain perspective on how the average employer is dealing with the problem of rising health insurance costs. To qualify for the survey, the employer must have a minimum of 100 employees and be based in the broader Michigan area. The goal of the [...]

Our nations’ employer based health care system leaves much to be desired as millions of our nation’s citizens remain uninsured. For many people, free clinics have filled the gap and provided care when there was no where else to turn. In Vermont, the Bennington County clinic has been run for years by retired physicians who [...]

For Rachael Muniz, having a job did not mean having insurance. When her husband lost his job, they both lost their insurance coverage as well. Although she worked full time at psychiatric clinic as an insurance biller, the premium for her employer provided plan was too high for them to afford. Muniz found herself relying on free clinics [...]

The prevailing sentiment among Americans in years past was that the only people without insurance were the homeless. Traditionally, insurance has been tied to employment, meaning that people who had jobs automatically had health insurance. This has declined steadily in recent years, with more and more companies unable to meet the cost of rising health [...]

During these difficult times when more and more people are joining the ranks of the uninsured, Obama is working on several fronts to combat the damage being inflicted by the troubled economy. Not only is he working towards the ultimate goal of health care reform, which is intrinsically linked to the state of the economy, [...]

Roughly 3 years ago, the average person looking for an individual health insurance plan was self employed, thus unable to be covered by an employer. Times have changed though, and today’s individual insurance shopper has either become unemployed, or has an employer who can no longer afford to provide health insurance benefits. Many small companies [...]

The Carrollton City Council is looking at ways to trim its budget, and cutting the cost of health care is one of the proposed means. The Kentucky County currently offers its employees health insurance at no charge to the employee and extends is to the employee’s spouse and children. In many cases, this offers spouses [...]

Fifty years ago America was in a much better place than it is today, with workers enjoying fat paychecks that allowed them to buy the many goods and services that our nation was producing. It was a beneficial cycle. Some attribute those healthy paychecks with heavy union involvement, considering that the unions not only protected [...]

Obama has been openly inviting contributions from the public on ways that our nation’s health care system can be improved. The overwhelming majority are leaning toward a universal health care structure present in the majority of other developed nations. While many are not willing to abandon the current system of employer based health insurance, skyrocketing [...]