​One of the largest industries in the world is weight loss. Advertisers spend millions of dollars promoting products. Consumers spend hundreds of dollars on programs and books that suggest they’re the next thing to lose weight. Fasting has been one of the methods that is on trend. But does it work? 

​Are you considering offering your employees health insurance? If your small business employs 50 or more full-time workers, it’s a matter of compliance. Regardless of your headcount, however, your business benefits in addition to your employees. Here are five reasons why small businesses’ health insurance plans provide gains for employers also.

​As a society as a whole, we do not treat the flu seriously enough. This is in large part because it is something that everyone has been exposed to at one point or another. When one is exposed to anything on a frequent basis, be it an illness, tragic news coverage or natural disaster, one becomes numb to it and gives it little attention. As any Santa Rosa health insurance broker knows, that inattention can be dangerous and even life-threatening when it comes to influenza. 

​Reports of the demise of the Affordable Care Act have been greatly exaggerated. Despite the concerted efforts of the current administration to undermine it, defame it, defund it, and sow confusion and doubt about it in the minds of the public, the ACA is thriving today, continuing to provide affordable health coverage and pre-existing condition protection to citizens who would otherwise not qualify or not be able to pay for insurance. 

​It's been eight years since the Affordable Care Act was first passed and four years since its provisions went into effect. In the intervening time, the country has had a change of administration with different priorities, and that means big changes to the ACA taking effect in 2019. 

​When you own a small business, it may sometimes feel that the odds are stacked against you in favor of big corporations. This is certainly true when it comes to providing health insurance for employees. Large employers pay an average net premium of $4,516 for individual coverage for a single employee, while small business pay a net average of $4,548 for the same individual coverage. While large companies are required by law to provide health insurance coverage for their employees, they also have more tools with which to do so in the form of buying power and an advantageous negotiating position.