On Monday afternoon 180 congress members had to sit for 3 hours and not say a word, while a tutorial on the new health Insurance reform was held in the Capitol basement. They were not even allowed to ask questions for the first few hours but they could write them down to be discussed later. [...]

Part of the debate over health care and  health insurance is an argument over word choices. Every side uses words intended to persuade people before they even think about it. But can one side or the other win the argument by winning the war of words? According to Frank Newport, editor in chief of the [...]

President Obama has called for cost controls more than anyone else in health insurance reform. President Obama deserves credit because he guaranteed health care reform during the campaign, and he’s trying to do what he promised. He is considering taking Medicare spending decisions out of the political field and delegating them to the hands of the doctors and [...]

A recent survey found that Americans support the following:
— Support tax cuts and breaks for small businesses to help supply insurance.
— Would like for the government to have the power to discuss & set drug prices.
— Want to make it mandatory for all business to provide insurance to its employees.
— Want to make it [...]

There are a couple differences between the penalties and fines that companies would be subjected to by the proposed senate bills.
Businesses with more than 25 employees would be fined $750 per full time employee if they did not offer health insurance. According to the House bill, business with payrolls of more than $400K per year [...]

When it comes down to the decision of allowing your employees to keep their health insurance benefits, or allowing them to keep their jobs, it is not a difficult decision. Not a pleasant one, but one that many employers are being forced to make as the cost of health care continues to rise. Obama addressed [...]

Idaho’s governor Butch Otter has come under fire after a series of decisions that some have called “ill conceived and mean spirited.” He is proposing the transition of retired employees from state coverage to Medicare, which leaves many uneasy about losing the coverage they are used to. He is also looking to change the time frame of [...]

During this time of financial trouble and uncertainty, employee benefits are being viewed as more and more costly and possible expendable to help maintain company costs. Employers are finding it increasingly difficult to know what their options are and what they can continue to offer to their employees. What do you think are the best [...]