Thursday, October 28, 2010

Gotta love it! McDonald’s happy meal resists decomposition for six months. Article here: http://yhoo.it/avqZDe

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Health insurer HealthMarkets sued by L.A. city attorney over 'junk insurance'. Article here: http://lat.ms/9K4ZTu

Monday, October 25, 2010

Encouraging votes for Mike Villines for California Insurance Commissioner. Believe business climate will benefit most with him in that seat. More info: http://bit.ly/9TErj7

Friday, October 22, 2010

NAIC (Insurance Commissioners) unanimously approve health insurance MLR ppending requirements. Full article here: http://bit.ly/9oftpM

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Kaiser Foundation provides short movie (8 minutes) - explains current health care problems, changes coming, and larger changes on way 2014. Watch here: http://bit.ly/bRtuI9

Monday, October 18, 2010

IRS announced it will defer new requirement for employers to report cost of health coverage making it optional in 2011. Here: http://bit.ly/90XANk. Also, issued draft of new W-2 (http://bit.ly/ag9uUb).

Thursday, October 14, 2010

High stress levels cost you 46% more in health care. Online wellness vendor The Prevention Plan provides good article and tool here: http://bit.ly/cPmWPW

Friday, October 8, 2010

U.S. Federal CTO, Aneesh Chopra, announced opening of data to developers. Flurry of new companies and innovation in health and wellness. Here: http://bit.ly/ccLidZ and http://bit.ly/bj0h2V.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

U.S. Healthcare cost rate increases reach highest levels in five years. Article here: http://bit.ly/ahuFXO

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

HHS doing a good job updating website with relevant content. Individual health plan pricing now available, including good explanations; www.healthcare.gov.