Reflecting Back: Employee Benefits Administration Hasn’t Been an Easy Task
By Ed Oleksiak
In the 1980s, I moved from a technology role supporting paper open enrollment forms to managing employee benefits for 10,000 active and…
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I Had COVID-19!
By Ed Oleksiak
Just as President Trump is experiencing now, I gained a different perspective from having COVID-19 this summer. At the end of July,…
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I Was Sure I Had COVID-19 — Negotiating the Testing
By Ed Oleksiak
With everything going on right now in the world with COVID-19, I thought I would share a personal story with you. Let’s…
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COVID-19: Making Smart Lifestyle Choices While Sheltered at Home
By Ed Oleksiak
The United States and the world are in the middle of a global pandemic that has put most of us under stay-at-home…
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Data, Information, and Healthcare Price Transparency
By Ed Oleksiak
Despite an election year’s numbing impact on regulatory and legislative healthcare change, one issue that could move forward in 2020 is “healthcare…
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Another Medicare ‘Gotcha’
By Ed Oleksiak
Did you know that as an active employee, dropping your employer’s health plan and enrolling in Medicare could leave your spouse without…
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The U.S. Healthcare System (Government, Taxes, and Currency) is Amazing!
By Ed Oleksiak
Before you judge and think I must have fallen and hit my head, please read on. Over the past year, I have…
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Rebates: A Consumer Folly
By Ed Oleksiak
Rebates come in all shapes and sizes. You’ve probably purchased a consumer product that came with a manufacturer’s rebate coupon. Let’s be…
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Your 2018 Tax Filing — Easier Than Understanding a Health Claim!
By Ed Oleksiak
Tax filing is easier than filing a health claim? Yep! The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) is expected to…
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Conflicting Messages
By Ed Oleksiak
As if the healthcare industry weren’t difficult enough to understand, now we’ve kicked off the new year with a bit more confusion…
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