Welcome to the Risk Management Partners (RMP) blog. This blog is for those interested in a variety of topics relating to healthcare. In this blog, I’ll be commenting on the many events of healthcare reform and their implications for your and your company’s healthcare.
Most Recent Posts
HSAs: A Partial Answer To Cost-Shifting
Posted by David Edman in Blog, Health Benefit Strategies, September 2010 on September 7th, 2010 | No Comments »
The latest data on increasing healthcare costs show a 3% overall increase in family health insurance premiums in 2010, but an increase in the employees’ share of those costs amounting to 14%. These data do not include employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts, which can have an important modifying impact on this trend.
E-Filing of Your Form 5500
Posted by David Edman in Blog, Health Benefit Strategies, June 2010 on June 10th, 2010 | No Comments »
The Department of Labor is going paperless with the filing of Form 5500s. Here are some things that you should know…
A Bright Future for HSAs
Posted by David Edman in Blog, Health Benefit Strategies, May 2010 on May 7th, 2010 | No Comments »
For a while there, the prospects for HSAs under health reform were not looking very good. In the end, there were a few incentives taken away but not too bad. On balance, we did fine and the future looks good. Read more….
Milton Friedman and HSAs
Posted by David Edman in April 2010, Blog, Insurance Purchasing Strategies on April 12th, 2010 | No Comments »
Health reform has been passed into law, but what does it mean for the average employer? Very little has changed for the foreseeable future, and it is essential that employers continue to work on controlling their health benefit costs the same way they did before Obamacare. We continue to urge careful consideration of the HSA option.
Fix MEDICARE Now–Part 2
Posted by David Edman in April 2010, Blog, Healthcare Reform Blog on April 4th, 2010 | No Comments »
Medicare is a microcosm of the public vs. private debate about what is wrong (and what is right) with our health care system. Here is more information on how we can fix Medicare.
OMG: Obamacare Passed!!! Next.
Posted by David Edman in Healthcare Reform Blog, March 2010 on March 25th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Health reform has been passed by Congress and signed into law by the President. Some people like it, and some people don’t, but it is the law of the land. NOW WHAT? The debate over what ails our health care system, and efforts to fix it, must continue.