How Big Pharma and Insurance Work, From Insider Brigham Buhler

    

On Armstrong and Getty for a Couple Hours This Morning

7 AM Hour -  Just a Wee Bit Less Dynamic : features our guest, Craig, the Obamacare Guru, who joins Jack to discuss... The escalation of C...

The U.S. Will Finally Start Negotiating Drug Prices with Armstrong and Getty

I spent one morning this week chatting with Armstrong and Getty regarding the news that the federal government will finally begin negotiati...

It's A Government Healthcare Complex: Craig Gottwals Talks To A&G

Your health insurance costs and premiums have skyrocketed compared to the rate of inflation since Obamacare passed. Meanwhile, insurance car...

Required Leave for Any Reason, Ozempic, and Coverage for Gender Affirming Care

Tools & Webinars: McGriff's 2023 Benefits Survey Results McGriff's Quarterly Pharmacy Newsletter : covering Diabetes, obesity...

This Week In Red Pilled Healthcare News

Because Healthcare Inflation Unusually Trails General Inflation, 2024 Looks Grim for Traditional Health Plans Not worried about the fidu...

HR’s Porta-Potty Predicament: California Compliance Chaos

From Armchair Lawyer to Bathroom Auditor. A Peculiar Friday at the Office In the late afternoon on Friday, at the brim of the weekend, my p...

One In Three Dollars You Spend on Healthcare is Squandered on Waste, Fraud or Abuse

Employers: It Does Not Have To Be This Way This story with a voiceover is posted on my Substack .  

Employers Needlessly Overpay 224% for Healthcare

Why Your Health Insurer Doesn’t Care About Your Big Bills (Yeah It's Obamacare)

  From Marshall Allen at ProPublica :  Turns out, insurers don’t have to decrease spending to make money. They just have to accurately pr...

Scouring your PHI from Everyone, Everywhere, All at Once

My latest is now up over at BenefitsPRO :  You come to work one day, and notice Susan is not there. Nobody knows what happened to her, a...

1 in 5 California Hospitals is in Danger of Closure

California hospitals are in serious trouble due to: The misguided government prohibition against non-COVID care during the pandemic; O...

The Fiduciary Imperative of Reference-Based Pricing: A Legal and Financial Analysis

This is my latest; it can be read in full over at BeneftsPRO .  Abstract : This article examines the fiduciary obligation of CFOs, VPs of H...

Are Employers Selecting Affordable Healthcare Benefits?

Healthcare costs in the US continue to rise, with employers paying over $13,800 per employee for healthcare in 2023. McKinsey predicts that ...

Shred Me! One Man's Intriguing Response to Super Size Me (Eating Only McDonalds Patties for 2-Monhts Straight)

You may recall that in "Super Size Me," documentarian Morgan Spurlock explored the effects of consuming a diet consisting solely o...

How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them

AI is being used extensively in the area of the pre-authorization of your medical claims. Prior to approving a medical service or procedure...

Tax Burden By State

I'm a sucker for all of these types of lists. This one is from Wallet Hub .  The map below is interactive, and you can hover over any st...

How Obamacare Doubles Your Cost for Preventive Care

It is good to see the legacy media covering an issue we began warning clients about more than a decade ago. Better late than never, I suppos...

Volunteering for Trouble

How Weaponized Corn Syrup and Diabetes Water Permeate Taxpayer-Funded "Nutrition"

Healthcare and processed food are the two largest industries/employers and lobbyists in the United States. Pharma alone spends five times wh...