Last week, the news business was in overdrive. Led by coverage of the Polar Vortex, Chris Christie’s Tollgate and Dennis Rodman’s North Korean basketball diplomacy, it also included a come-from…
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To the surprise of few, Pope Francis was named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2013. It is significant beyond the obvious. The obvious: The former Archbishop of Buenos…
These are the headlines you’re likely to see in 2014… Costs spiral, employers respond…Total healthcare spending increased less than 4% for the past 3 years, but will increase 5-6% in…
Through January 6, 70 teams will participate in the college football bowl season ranging from the lesser known like the Gildan, Royal Purple, Famous Idaho, R&L Carriers and Beef O…
Here’s my wish list for Christmas. I wish that every member of Congress, political pundit, journalist, consultant and lobbyist engaged in the health reform debate is required to work a…
The headline in today’s Wall Street Journal, “Deductibles Fuel New Worries of Health Law Sticker Shock” understates the inevitability of a massive, predictable consumer pushback directed at the U.S. health…
Last week, the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) reported that since 2010, inflation-adjusted per-capita health-care spending has risen at an annual rate of 1.3%– the lowest annual rate…
The President’s decision to allow 4 million individuals notified their policies were cancelled will likely be strike two in the administration’s at-bat for the Affordable Care Act. Though in the…
