Feed Store American Healthcare: Why so expensive? Where do we go from here?
So then we must ask ourselves: “What is causing our system of medicine to be more expensive than it should be?” And of course that leads directly into the next…
Feed Store St Luke’s Meridian: Hospital of Horrors
I must say that I was until now, blithely unaware that here in the Treasure Valley there was such a huge disparity between our two major hospitals, St. Alphonsus and…
Feed Store Yogurt: A weighty subject
I recently visited a new Yogurt shop here in Eagle that sells frozen yogurt self-serve by the ounce. Now let that sink in a moment and consider the pro’s and…
Feed Store The wolf at your door. Is it your own employer?
A look at today’s job market from the inside: You’ve worked for one company for more than ten years and even in hard times it seems to continue growing. The pay…
Feed Store An Iphone for an eye…
Yes, there are indeed far too many smart phones running amok these days, and I really do hate to be jumping up onto the Apple bandwagon (it’s a cart, really),…
Feed Store Home Warranty: A good deal, or ripoff?
Buy a home and you’re likely to be offered the safety of a home warranty to make you feel better about taking a chance on buying someone’s existing house. The…
Feed Store Is small business’s approach to healthcare turning into a full retreat?
I follow many discussions in LinkedIn, and one popped up the other day that really got me to thinking. With the economy taking top billing in the news every day…
Feed Store Long term care Insurance: For whom doth the bell toll?
I was approached one day by a huckster for long term care insurance and they dutifully pulled out their prize turkey for all to view: “A common misconception about long-term…
Feed Store Workforce motivation: Where’s the sweet spot?
A workers view: In my experience, there are three things that provide the most motivation for an employee to produce at a higher level. Two of these things can be…
Feed Store Today’s newest star employees: Yesterday’s managers?
In today’s fractured job market, a new reality just might become more and more commonplace: Former managers taking entry level jobs, and liking it. It could be that Web designer…
Feed Store The ethics of workforce reductions
At what point does your conscience take over? When do you reign in that desperate grab for cash before you alienate the very employees who keep your business running?
Feed Store Healthcare reform act: Costing you much?
A few months ago I posed this question: New laws just put in place by the healthcare reform act are going to be costing companies significantly more than they have…
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- The Dog House Stories about folks being their own worst enemy
- Pecking Order Politics, elections and who’s running the roost
- Fence Line Veterans, country and where we draw the line
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