Brokers in the Bay State are currently trying to make the best of a bad situation stemming from Massachusetts' four-year-old health care reform law. Listen in as Mark Gaunya gives "Employee Benefit Adviser" the insider's view of what's going on. Listen to the Podcast...

As our federal legislators grapple with political ideology and lose sight of the focus of healthcare reform – crippling rising healthcare costs – employers all over this country are faced with a grim reality of another year of healthcare costs increases that are 2-3x higher than general inflation. American healthcare spending reached $2.4 trillion in 2008 – and will exceed $4 trillion by...

Our healthcare costs are soaring. After many failed attempts to control these costs, it’s time to rethink the word “healthcare” by putting more emphasis on health and less on care. A paradigm shift is needed, and this starts by seeing ourselves as consumers of healthcare who are in control of what our dollars purchase, and not as patients who passively accept what’s offered by physicians...