Health Coverage and Benefits Consulting for Business and Families in Loudoun County, VA
There are a myriad of words that get thrown around regarding health insurance these days. When you sit down with your broker, you’ll hear things like: carriers, deductibles, coinsurance, copays, network, etc, etc. The result of this is often a lack of focus on the three main decisions that anyone needs to make regarding health [...]
A brief article on the history of why the healthcare system got to where it is, and why the McCain plan is actually the only one of the two (between his and Obama’s) that can truly accomplish anything: by putting more control back in the hands of the consumer instead of simply shifting control from [...]
A little news I thought might be worth mentioning: The Loudoun SBDC is putting on an event this coming Tuesday, April 29th, from 6:00 to 8:30pm, titled “Health-Care Options for Small Businesses” (Full info here). There will be various representatives from the health field (yours truly included) talking about how Small Businesses can best contain [...]
Here’s a grand example of how Congress can talk out of both sides of its mouth. On one side they are concerned about making Health Insurance more affordable; and on the other, they want to make it just a little more difficult for us to manage our own healthcare. First of all, this story does [...]
This is an interesting site about Free-Market medicine. I particularly like this article where David Gratzer (author of The Cure) explains what the real problem is, and why socialization is not the answer. It begs the question: if we ARE in a market-driven system, why is it that costs don’t go down like other high-tech [...]
An interesting article about Health Insurance from the Journal. Unfortunately, most of it seems to be tailor made only for those who have severe medical problems: “Nine times out of 10, if you can get access to employer-sponsored group coverage, take the employer-sponsored policy,” says Karen Politz, a research professor at the Georgetown University Health [...]
John Stossel did a 20/20 piece last week on Whole Foods helping their employees really manage their health care costs. It’s an excellent display, not just of how market forces can keep prices down, but how the absolute best person to determine how to spend your health care dollars is guess who? You. The long [...]