Cavalcade of Risk #176: Healthy Risks, Risky Health.

Julie Ferguson of Worker's Comp Insider Blog Post offers a timely title:  Is your organization on the telework train?  Link to it here http://www.workerscompinsider.com/2013/01/is-your-organiz.html.  One of the tools that businesses are using to manage weather emergencies and disruptive health issues like the influenza outbreak is telework. Julie Ferguson of Workers' Comp Insider looks at recent telework trends in the public and private sectors and offers tools to manage associated risks and ensure worker safety.

Another article of interest was written by an author who signs off only as Louise, and who represents all of Colorado Health Insurance Insider  Blog, http://www.healthinsurancecolorado.net/blog1/ .  The article's title is "Colorado Lawmakers Push Ahead on Medicaid Expansion," and it can be accessed at http://www.healthinsurancecolorado.net/blog1/colorado-medicaid-expansion/.  Here is an excerpt from this very interesting article:  The Medicaid expansion work that Colorado has done over the last few years had earned the state several large federal grants, but the focus thus far has primarily been on expanding access to coverage for low income children.  The state’s rules didn’t allow Medicaid coverage for most childless adults, even those with very low incomes.  A change in those guidelines to allow more people to be covered by health insurance – and thus have realistic access to healthcare – is a step in the right direction.

 

The businesses of Health Insurance and Health Care are well represented in the Cavalcade this week, as you can see already.  

Health Business Blog offers http://www.healthbusinessblog.com/2013/01/health-insurance-unaffordable-for-smokers-heres-another-way-to-look-at-it/ .  It is a post about an AP story which says smokers are at risk of not being able to afford health insurance, which is bad. But I say, says Health Business Blog, smokers are at risk of not being able to afford smoking, which is good.

 

Healthcare Economist Blog's Jason Shafrin offers a post on "Are U.S. Drug Prices Really Too High?" at http://healthcare-economist.com/2013/01/24/are-u-s-drug-prices-really-too-high/.  Here is an all-too-brief summary:  Are regulators in certain countries able to reduce the risk of high drug prices?  The Healthcare Economist Investigates.

 

"The Value of Health Insurance" is explored at http://my-wealth-builder.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-value-of-health-insurance.html on My Weatlh Builder Blog.  In 2013, our medical insurance premium will more than pay for itself. I expect, says My Wealth Builder Blog, that the billed amount for my medical treatments to exceed 50% of our annual living expenses. My out-of-pocket costs will only be a few hundred dollars.

There you have them, some of the more interesting articles posted on Risk and Health anywhere.  The next Cavalcade of Risk is hosted by Anisha Sekar, http://www.nerdwallet.com/blog, and it will definitely be worth a couple of page views!

 

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Great job, Dennis!

Thanks for hosting this week.