Tag Archives: employer-sponsored insurance

Workers, not employers, bear the (full) cost of health benefits

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

Many workers believe they pay one part of their health insurance premium, and their employer pays the rest. But that’s not how it works. Really, you pay the full cost of your health benefits. Continue reading →

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9 of 10 companies anticipate their insurance will be banned

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

From MarketWatch: a new survey by Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting and outsourcing company, shows that almost all now believe they will not. Ninety percent of companies said they anticipate losing grandfathered status by 2014, with the majority … Continue reading →

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Jane Norton on health care

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

If you’re looking for the latest drama in Colorado politics, or a accusations that Jane Norton is a liar, you have the wrong post.  This post is about what Norton says about health care policy. Jane Norton is seeking the … Continue reading →

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More Colorado employers are offering HSAs

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

The Denver Business Journal reports: Twenty-seven percent of Colorado and Wyoming employers surveyed by MSEC recently said they now offer Health Spending Accounts as an option for their employee benefit plans, up from 21 percent in 2009, 18 percent in … Continue reading →

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HSAs for state employees: empower patients, trim budgets

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

High-deductible insurance policies combined with health savings accounts have been a success story in terms of keeping premiums in check, encouraging prudent consumption of health care, and allowing patients to save for future medical expenses. The Texas Policy Foundation reports … Continue reading →

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20 Ways ObamaCare Will Take Away Our Freedoms

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

From David Hogberg in Investors Business Daily: …It is worthwhile to take a comprehensive look at the freedoms we will lose [with health "reform" passed]. Of course, the overhaul is supposed to provide us with security. But it will result … Continue reading →

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Dems exempt unions from insurance tax

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

Michael Tanner at Cato summarizes: Congressional Democrats received another $68 million from unions in 2008, and $21 million more so far this year. And that doesn’t count the value of “in kind” contributions like phone banks, poll volunteers and independent … Continue reading →

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Why to condemn insurance companies

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Is the for-profit insurance industry a “predator” that “prevent[s] us from having a decent health care system”?  Letter writer Bruce Robinson says so (Daily Camera, December 1). He’s partially right. The real predators are politicians who inhibit needed health policy … Continue reading →

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One more victim of Medicaid and employer-based insurance

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

John R. Graham of the Pacific Research Institute offers a great critique of Nicholas D. Kristof’s recent New York Times column.  Kristof relates a distressing story about a John Brodniak, who lost his job due to illness, exhausted his COBRA … Continue reading →

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Harvard Medical School Dean: Health “reform” a failure

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Some choice words from Jeffrey S. Flier, Dean of Harvard’s Medical School.  Some excerpts from his Wall Street Journal article: Our health-care system suffers from problems of cost, access and quality, and needs major reform. Tax policy drives employment-based insurance; … Continue reading →

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