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CT Partnership Update: Implications of Opening the State Plan to Nonprofit and Small Employer Groups

Amidst the backdrop of the pending landmark legal decision on healthcare by the Supreme Court at the Federal level, the State of Connecticut has been moving full steam ahead with the implementation of their CT Partnership pooling plan. However, a recent … Continue reading

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The Time for Employers to Take Charge of the Healthcare Cost Issue is NOW

Over the last 15 years I’ve worked with employers on ways to mitigate out-of-control healthcare spending.  Historical tactics to reduce employer spend include reducing benefits, increasing employee cost share, and/or switching insurance carriers.  These tactics, which have saved money for … Continue reading

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Is it Time to Get Out of the Pool?

Employee benefits have become the second largest line item in the small employer’s budget and many of these employers have little knowledge of what causes the double digit increase. The result? Most feel they have little control over the costs. … Continue reading

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Melanoma Rates are on the Rise–Are You at Risk?

Now that spring is here and the sun is shining, people are spending more time outside doing yard work, going to kids’ games or simply sun bathing. Unfortunately, the sun does more damage than good, artificial sun being the worst … Continue reading

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