M. Jericho Banks PhD

Moms, Pops and Chains Tackle Medical Insurance Increases

January 31, 2012

FROM RETAILWIRE:
Recent stories, one from Massachusetts and another from Texas, point out some ways that independents and chains are looking to promote the health and wellness of employees without any ill effects on bottom line performance. What do you think of the different approaches to improving retail employee healthcare discussed here?      [more...]

Of course, we're tiptoeing around the PC implications of Obama Care here. Instead, I recommend dancing on its grave. O.C. is the impetus that's forcing employers to hunt for healthcare alternatives and, it seems, they're doing a pretty darn good job if the Butt Company is any example. Some of them are not waiting around for the repeal of O.C., but are instead doing what made both them and the Marine Corps. successful: Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome.