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I’m not a fan of cannoli myself, but EBN Contributing Editor Karrie Andes sure is, and wants to share it — so to speak — with you, her benefits peers.
In her “View from the Andes” column this month, she makes the case for self-insuring (an easier sell in the current economy, to be sure), stating the potential savings from being exempt from state mandates alone can be 20% to 45%, and add up to a ‘whole lotta cannoli.’
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