Core and Group Health

Optimistic findings from the latest Intuit Payroll survey show 44 percent of small business owners are planning to hire new employees within the next 12 months, and 60 percent see their business growing.

The problem is not the lack of competition among insurers. The problem lies in the labyrinthine thicket of tax law, employment law and insurance regulation.

Talk about your textbook examples of bad PR. I haven't seen this kind of bungling since those online videos surfaced of pizza workers "playing with the pies" earlier this year. Hard to believe anyone ordered from that place again.

Political blunders fascinate me. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's the train wreck, can't take your eyes away quality to them. Or maybe it's just reality television at its finest.

Experts at Aon Consulting say employees may notice substantial changes to their medical plan for 2010, including a drastic increase in worker contributions.

Not much news out of Washington this week on the health care reform front. Apparently, someone forgot to send the bill to accounting for approval. Or, in this case, the Congressional Budget Office.