Listen to Jennifer on MYOB – The Radio Show!

MarkGaunya — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:12:10 +0000

Jennifer recently spoke with Rick Brutti and Jeffrey S. Davis on “MYOB – The Radio Show”!

You can listen to Jennifer’s segment HERE, where she discusses the role of Borislow Insurance, transparency of the healthcare system, Health Care Reform, and how to “Bend the Healthcare Trend”.

Massachusetts’ group health market caught in a political vise

MarkGaunya — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:37:55 +0000

Brokers in the Bay State are currently trying to make the best of a bad situation stemming from Massachusetts’ four-year-old health care reform law. Listen in as Mark Gaunya gives “Employee Benefit Adviser” the insider’s view of what’s going on.

Listen to the Podcast HERE!

It’s time to stop the bleeding!

MarkGaunya — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:03:35 +0000

As our federal legislators grapple with political ideology and lose sight of the focus of healthcare reform – crippling rising healthcare costs – employers all over this country are faced with a grim reality of another year of healthcare costs increases that are 2-3x higher than general inflation.

American healthcare spending reached $2.4 trillion in 2008 – and will exceed $4 trillion by 2018 if left on its current course.

Traditional health insurance options haven’t just failed to stop the bleeding – they have also kept us in the dark and robbed of us our choices. Everyone is responsible for a small part of healthcare spending, and individuals have the power to turn the situation around.

What can you do to lower costs and improve the health and well-being of your employees? You can embrace the three principles of Consumer-Driven Health Plans (CDHP):

Transparency – seek out information such as the cost and quality of healthcare
Responsibility – live a healthy lifestyle and evaluate treatment options
Opportunity – become healthier and more productive, which will make you feel better AND save money by “banking” what you don’t spend for the future

Real behavior change isn’t easy and your employees need help learning how to live a healthier, more responsible lifestyle. How do you help them? You can start by building a culture of wellness and implementing a wellness program that is tailored to meet the unique needs of your employees and their families.

The Problem

MarkGaunya — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:00:50 +0000

Our healthcare costs are soaring. After many failed attempts to control these costs, it’s time to rethink the word “healthcare” by putting more emphasis on health and less on care. A paradigm shift is needed, and this starts by seeing ourselves as consumers of healthcare who are in control of what our dollars purchase, and not as patients who passively accept what’s offered by physicians or an employer’s health plan.