Introducing The Elite Benefits Formula

Take the approach you do with all other expenses within the company and see if there is a better way. If costs keep going up in any other area of the business, you would combat it to keep it down. Why not health care spend? That's why we came up with...

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The Healthcare System Makes You Vulnerable

The doctors in America go to school for a reasonable length of time. I always joke, "like 12 years". For some, that is true. After all that schooling, they do not teach doctors and administrators on how to be customer friendly in a transparent world....

The Future of US Health Insurance

by Eric Wilson Mr. Wilson is a Principal of Wilson Associates, and president of I Sell Health, Inc., a Chicago area insurance agency. Visit here. Since before the Affordable Care Act was signed into law in March of 2010, there have been talks about t...

You are the patient, not the customer

Healthcare is personal.  When we start seeing the doctor, it is about us, or what is inside of us.  These are things we do not go telling the public. Over time we build this relationship with the doctor.  There is a comfort zone when it comes to our ...

What is your 2019 strategy to combat another increase in premiums?

(Photo Credits: http://www.zcool.com.cn/u/1/) Traditionally employers would control health care costs by moving deductibles up, maybe some max out-of-pocket increases, perhaps even offer a Health Savings Account plan (HSAs).  Over time, all this did ...

Overusing your health insurance

When reviewing health plans and evaluating cost, keep in mind health insurance wasn't designed to cover every penny related to health care. Everything under the sun on an open credit card is nice, but not when you are paying the bill.  But you are. T...

Health Insurance: The race against the clock

There is still time for Congress to pick up the pieces of changing the healthcare system to help stabilize it. The fate of the Affordable Care Act is yet to be determined.  In the meantime, people wait while paying extremely high premiums and have mo...

Health care billing issues: Sudden and Expensive

Photo credits: creditcards.com Insurance is designed for sudden expensive exposure that most of us cannot afford.  If you look at those words again: sudden and expensive.  It does not spell out the predictable and affordable.  For years though, we ha...

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Exchange Plans Wait to Price 2018 Policies

It could be an another cold day in Chicago, as we wait to see what the Trump Administration decides to do with the healthcare subsidies. A glimmer of hope for some of those receiving subsidies.  The insurance companies are fearing for the worst. Brac...

Why Allowing Health Insurance Sales Across State Lines Won’t Help

Why Allowing Health Insurance Sales Across State Lines Won’t Help By Peter Orszag | March 7, 2017 Why Allowing Health Insurance Sales Across State Lines Won’t Help The effort to replace Obamacare faces increasing challenges, the more it is subjected ...

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