There is a compelling business imperative for employers to provide health benefits to employees and their families. Surveys document that employees rate employment-based health benefits as their most important benefit, and find significant value for employers in terms of employee retention, motivation and satisfaction. Companies with huge financial investments in human capital–their workforce–understand the value […]
George Pantos: Charles Krauthammer’s article on The Great ‘Prevention’ Myth Does Not Tell the Whole Story MyHealthGuide Source: Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post – 8/14/09 Washington Post George Pantos, Esq., Former Washington General Counsel to Self-Insurance Institute of America (SIIA), 8/16/09 The Great ‘Prevention’ Myth Article Charles Krauthammer wrote the article, The Great ‘Prevention’ Myth, that was published […]
Pending health reform bills, unless modified, would have a negative impact on self-insurance that works well for millions of Americans. A government– run and financed Health Insurance Exchange would allow ALL employers, including self-insured employers, eventually to access the Exchange. Despite President Obama’s promise that people would be able to keep their current coverage under […]
I agree wholeheartedly with Mr. Steven Pearlstein’s comments in the Washington Post today critical of Mr. Charles Krauthammer’s recent observations on employer based health. I believe the positive contributions of the employment based system in the health sector largely have been overlooked and that employers who cover millions of Americans and pay the lion’s share […]
Polls report that 5 out of 6 non-elderly Americans under age 65 have private employer health plan coverage and 3 out of 4 are generally satisfied with their health plans. Congress–often referred to as the world’s greatest deliberative body– took nearly 10 years to pass The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the federal law […]
Under ERISA, more than 160 million people receive job-related health benefits, including over 75 million people covered by self-insurance. By any measure, this is strong evidence that ERISA and self-insurance are success stories in the U.S. health care system. Nevertheless, self-insurance and the employer based system could be a casualty of health reform legislation. Proponents […]
