Health risk conditions, disease and productivity loss

I think it is silly to judge the impact of risk conditions or disease states on productivity 1) without understanding the interactive impacts of different combinations of them, and 2) without considering the NATURE OF THE PERSON who has them. An employee with hypertension and depression might say, “I’m not feeling good today so I’m [...]

What’s Your Life Worth?

An article in last Monday’s Wall Street Journal (Apr 28th) talked about a women with leukemia who went to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX for treatment. The center didn’t like the women’s limited insurance and wouldn’t treat her unless she came up with $105,000 cash. Recently, lots of uninsured patients have been getting [...]