It’s not news that small employers have a harder time getting and holding onto health insurance coverage than larger employers. But in many cases, the rationale for this problem is predicated on the idea that small employers — because of their size — pay far more for health insurance than larger groups do. I wondered […]

Dr. Ron Leopold, a VP at MetLife and my fellow panelist at the New England Human Resource Association’s recent convention, also tee’d up a Wall Street Journal poll that had people buzzing. Apparently, the Journal had surveyed several thousand employees in 2003 and asked them if it would be fair to require people who live […]

About a week ago, I spoke on a panel at the annual convention of the New England Human Resource Association with a fellow by the name of Ron Leopold. Ron’s an MD who currently serves as a Vice President at MetLife. He gave a very interesting presentation, and included some fascinating national employer and employee […]