As President Obama completes his first 6 months in office, healthcare continues to be a major issue and source of great debate in this country.  The problem is complex:  millions of American workers and their families are uninsured or underinsured due to double-digit increases in healthcare costs, creating a phenomenon where healthcare costs are rising faster than wages. On this both parties agree.  However, there is a great difference in opinion as to how to solve this healthcare crisis. With such divergent views on how to tackle the problem of healthcare in this country, we are left more confused than encouraged.  Workscape, a provider of outsourced benefit services, surveyed HR managers and found that a majority believe that neither political party offers a clear-cut solution.  So the question becomes is it even possible to reform healthcare? Are we on the right track or going … [Read more...]