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  • The 15 Percent Solution; Adapting to the Brave New Health Care World

    04/14/2013 3:03:59 PM PDT · by Rick Vassar · 4 replies
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    http://blogcritics.org/politics/article/the-15-percent-solution-adapting-to/ Why is healthcare tied to employment? One of the smartest decisions the federal government made was compelling employers to collect insurance, taxes, unemployment, and Medicare/Social Security contributions through the employee’s paychecks. We all have had the same reality check when we received our first paycheck. You remember…you worked at a fast food place in high school, and you received $5 per hour. You worked 20 hours, and realistically believed you would receive $100. That’s the first time you learned about taxes, and the thrill of the moment, receiving your first paycheck, is tempered by the reality of FICA, or...
  • Finance and Insurance: How a Change in Focus Led to an Economic Crisis

    12/09/2008 8:23:59 PM PST · by Rick Vassar · 151+ views
    We’ve all heard the children’s story about the emperor and his new suit. The emperor ordered some clothes from some con men that had passed themselves off as weavers. These grifters convinced the king and his court that the clothes were “made of material that possessed the wonderful quality of being invisible to any man who was unfit for his office or unpardonably stupid.” So, they pretend to dress the emperor, and as he stands there naked, all of his advisors and associates begin to comment on the beauty of the suit, since each feared that not being able to...
  • The Wild Wild West: Blogging Gone Bad

    10/11/2007 12:35:23 PM PDT · by Rick Vassar · 8 replies · 194+ views
    pla•gia•rism -[pley-juh-riz-uh m, -jee-uh-riz-] –noun - the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work. Three years ago, I received an email for articles for a risk management trade magazine, a profession to which I am proud to belong. I deleted it. It got me thinking, though – why not send in an article and see what would happen. So I wrote a humorous little piece on how invisible risk managers seem to be in the business world and how no one (not even my...