Another day, another set of mixed headlines about where the benefits business is headed. So today Ill just share a few, drop my snarky asides like some kind of belligerent court jester and let you get back to work.
Herman Cains slow, steady fall from grace over the last week or so has been, at turns, comical and tragic one might say Shakespearean in its scripted farcical twists and heartbreaking turns.
You know whats scarier than Halloween in this economy? Or Herman Cains crisis management team? How about how much of an impact a simple doctors office visit can have on overall health care costs.
Funny thing is, the vocal anti-vaccine crowd needs the vaccinated majority to keep their children healthy. As we saw with recent pertussis and measles outbreaks in California, all it takes is a single unvaccinated parent or child to reignite another epidemic.
Theres little doubt among most of us that obesity remains one of the greatest preventable threats to employee health and well being. Which also makes it one of the single greatest health care cost drivers.