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No, not his or her blood pressure — likely already pretty elevated these days, understandably — but rather, his or her pricing pressure. Survey numbers from Grant Thornton show that a sound majority (77%) are most concerned about the price of employee benefits.

My favorite color is purple, but I love living green. I use reusable shopping bags, recycle everything I possibly can, conserve energy as if I were paid to do so and would take a Prius over a Porsche any day.

Every day, I receive something in my inbox about GINA (Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act) compliance. Literally. Every day. So, I know that if I’m that inundated, two things are true: This is important and you’re just as inundated as I am. That said, I’ll pass along a little of what I’ve found out about how you can survive GINA. …

It seems that Best Buy has identified the secret decoder ring for understanding and motivating Gen X and Y employees. (Rumor has it that said decoder ring will be on sale in Best Buy stores nationwide in time for holiday gift giving.)

Soon, many of us will be sneaking snacks from our kids’ Halloween bags. Ironically, the day after youngsters make their annual candy haul is the start of American Diabetes Awareness Month.

Looks like the folks at AHIP won’t be on Ron Pollack’s holiday card list. After AHIP President Karen Ignagni released a statement in the wake of the Senate Finance Committee’s vote on health care reform legislation, Pollack, executive director of the consumer health organization Families USA, fired back.

Friday (Oct. 16) is National Bosses Day. As a boss myself, I’d like to pass along a little unsolicited advice: Everything I need to know about being a boss, I learned in kindergarten.

I’ve never met Karen Ignagni, president of America’s Health Insurance Plans, personally, but I’d like to. It can’t be easy to be the public face of the health insurance industry — a group notoriously vilified and distrusted by the public — and have to dance on the tripwire of appealing to consumers, Congress and carriers when it comes to health care reform. …

Here’s some recession news that can hurt your bottom line as much as declining profits: “Even if companies haven’t literally lost their employees, many have lost them psychologically,” says Jon Gordon, author of “The Shark and the Goldfish: Positive Ways to Thrive During Waves of Change.”

I’ve worked hard to keep this blog balanced, keeping my personal politics and preferences to myself and presenting alternate points of view on issues – particularly when it comes to health care reform. So, when I offer up news of NYC protesters who staged a sit-in at an Aetna office to advocate a single-payer health care system, I want to offer up news today from the other side of the spectrum. …