by Howard Danzig It’s a great time of year at ECCHIC, because we’re giving our small business clients refunds on their health plans. Yes, health plan refunds – up to $35,000. What? You pay an insurance broker a set amount, and never get even an itemized list of your expenses, and you’ve never gotten a […]
Kevin Mitchell General Client Workshop, ECCHIC, Howard Danzig, Pro-Active Health Care, small business healthcare plans, small business service, St. Louis
Howard Danzig Twice a year here at ECCHIC, we have a workshop for our clients that’s as rewarding for all as it is invigorating to us. In the Spring and in the Winter, we gather together somewhere, typically in the St. Louis area. There we discuss what our pro-active cost managers dedicated to positioning the […]
Kevin Mitchell General ECCHIC, Howard Danzig, Insurance Needs, Managed Care Plans, small business insurance
by Howard Danzig Imagine, that as a business owner, every month you get a delivery of office supplies from one of the national big box chains. The bill comes, and it’s just a number – and it’s a big number. There is no itemized list, so you don’t know what you got. Worse, you don’t […]
Kevin Mitchell General Anthem, ECCHIC, Express Scripts, Howard Danzig, managed health care plans, Midwest, PBMs, small business insurance
By Howard Danzig Let’s not read too much into it that the week “Batman v Superman” opens at the movie theater the Wall Street Journal reports that Anthem is Suing Express Scripts Over Drug Pricing. It is being alleged that the pharmacy-benefit manager is overcharging to the tune of $15 BILLION – the amount of […]
Kevin Mitchell General controlled health care costs, ECCHIC, Howard Danzig, independent pharmacist, managed care, small town businesses
If you’re a small business or pharmacist in small town America, you have a huge advantage. Surprising to some, I know, but as I describe in this video, it’s there. There’s at least one instance where the tables can be turned, and that’s pharmaceutical plans – if you use the system appropriately. The small town […]
Kevin Mitchell General controlled health care costs, ECCHIC, health care, Howard Danzig, Obamacare, universal health care
By Howard Danzig While the media and the politicians are focusing everyone’s attention on access to “Health Insurance” connected to “ObamaCare,” nobody seems to be noticing that our medical system is deteriorating. It’s doing so in more ways than one, but what everyone should be especially concerned about is the growing shortage of quality properly […]
By Howard Danzig We do a 15 minute webinar once a month that is officially called Stop Escalating Healthcare Premiums: Pay Wholesale, Not Retail! where for 15 minutes we do an overview of how the small business owner can fight back against the ever rising cost of providing decent access to healthcare for employees. Unofficially, […]
Kevin Mitchell General ECCHIC, health care, Howard Danzig, Managed Care Healthcare, medical costs, Obamacare
By Howard Danzig As reported in The Arizona Republic recently, Obamacare (ACA) continues to create volatility and turmoil. The latest example of this is the news that hospitals in Phoenix are close to canceling contracts with Blue Cross Blue Shield in a dispute that would squeeze the consumer. If this happens, people like you and […]
Kevin Mitchell General Bloomberg, ECCHIC, Howard Danzig, Insurance Broker, managed health care plans, rising medicine prices
In a recent Bloomberg Business report, there is a doozy of an opening line that really sums up everything that has to do with health care and “insurance” happening today: With most products, you’d expect a flood of new supply to quickly drive back down a price spike caused by a temporary shortage. Not so […]
A quote attributed to Mark Twain goes: “Everybody complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it.” Well, that’s how I feel about ObamaCare (which is euphemistically called “Affordable Care Act” which is amusing because it’s not Affordable and certainly not Caring, though I suppose it’s an “Act” of some kind – a bad […]
