by Matthew Kaiser | October 25, 2013 | Benefits Administration, Health Reform / ACA, Lockton HR Technology, Lockton HR Technology General
I swear, if I am ever called to Capital Hill – as some of my Lockton teammates have been to get our insight into the employer impacts of Healthcare Reform– I am soooo calling in sick. I may be a big, badass blogger filled with fire and fury, but I’m not sure I have...
by Matthew Kaiser | October 23, 2013 | Benefits Administration, Health Reform / ACA, Lockton HR Technology, Lockton HR Technology General
If there was ever a more public HR Technology debacle, my poor public schooling in history is drawing a blank. When the Health and Human Services secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, and President Obama are publicly giving interviews about website malfunctions, I think we...
by Matthew Kaiser | October 21, 2013 | Benefits Administration, Health Reform / ACA, Lockton HR Technology, Lockton HR Technology General
“What a great day for HR Tech,” I said to myself as I settled into the office this morning. “Never before has Benefits Administration been the cover story of the news outlets. Not only is it the lead, but the President of the United States himself is getting ready to...
by Matthew Kaiser | September 13, 2013 | Benefits Administration, Health Reform / ACA, Lockton HR Technology, Lockton HR Technology General, Private Exchanges
This post is going to be a little different from our previous posts. I’ve been feeling guilty for the massively long articles we’ve been posting, so I’m going to try to be succinct. FDR had a great thought on this subject which I try to follow: “Be sincere; be brief;...
by Matthew Kaiser | September 4, 2013 | Benefits Administration, Lockton HR Technology
“You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” Not to be uber-geeky but the quote by Morpheus in the glorious...
by Matthew Kaiser | August 29, 2013 | Benefits Administration, Lockton HR Technology, Lockton HR Technology General
I got a lot of grief as a kid for daydreaming. Teachers would be trying to change the direction of my misguided youth and I’d be totally zoned out in the back of the classroom wondering if Major Tom or Ziggy Stardust were real people. If adults back then were being...