There’s something we need to talk about.

It’s a simple, sad fact of life: Employees need to pony up more for their own health care costs.

Fair warning: If you don’t want to hear another one of my rants about wellness, you might wanna ship this week’s blog right now.

President Obama signed off on the 1099 tax repeal Friday.

Five years ago, Gov. Mitt Romney championed health care reform for Massachusetts, promising universal coverage and lower costs.

You don’t need me to tell you that stressed-out parents are less productive. Or that the health care utilization rate skyrockets in direct correlation to the expanding average weight of your risk pool. Or that kids with diabetes are always going to push up plan premiums. Or do you?

I’m leaning political today. Guess you could blame Dee Dee Myers and Fred Thompson, whose headline session yesterday did more than draw a standing-room only crowd.

The good state of Arizona and I don’t always agree. But I can get on board with this new plan coming out of the Copper State.