Hixme CEO, Denny Weinberg is a 35 year veteran executive in healthcare financing and operations. Prior to his 4 years as investor and CEO with Hixme, his broad background includes a 20 year tenure CEO of a number of Anthem's largest operating companies. Denny has managed a portfolio of early stage companies in the Health/Medical arena as well as other industries. He has also served as board member, advisor and consultant to both private equity-backed, and publicly traded Blue Chip companies.
Hixme’s CEO responds to this most interesting article in the Fiscal Times publication, with a very big 6th item to add – and this is REALLY BIG… Before the “Stabilize the Obamacare Marketplaces” case can be closed, it is important that the ENTIRE Direct-to-Consumer marketplace is considered, a market of [...]
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According to this CNBC article posted below and linked here (Here’s how much the average American spends on healthcare), the “average” American spent $9,595 in 2012. “Average” is a tricky term and worthy of a precise discussion here. Consider a recent study by a well known actuarial firm, which investigated [...]
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The traditional employer benefit structure is crippling employers, workers and their dependents. Can the controversial health reform experiment offer a clue to a better way? With the continuing focus on how to best insure Americans and the political ping-pong surrounding fixing or replacing recent healthcare reform, perhaps lurking in [...]
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by Denny Weinberg, Hixme CEO Finding new ways to keep workers happy and feeling cared for is a never-ending pursuit for employers — particularly in the face of the volatile health care climate and 16 years of health care inflation at three times the cost of wages (per Kaiser Health Care Foundation Survey of Employers). Controlling [...]
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January 13, 2017 The Financial Revolutionist Saying that health care insurance is just a health care issue is misleading to say the least. Sure, the term health care insurance includes the word “health care,” but health care insurance and benefits impact every sector of America’s economy. After all, according to the National Health [...]
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It won’t take long before the fate of Obamacare (ACA) becomes clear in Congress, as the budget reconciliation bills introduced in both the House and Senate require committee actions by the end of January. Budget reconciliation will prove to be the means to repeal or not. Either way, it will be months (if not years) of fighting over the [...]
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It is an odd time for employee health benefits. After 50 years trying to use “insurance” to cover every encounter with the health care system, the curtain is being pulled back to reveal it might be a very expensive approach for both employers and their workers. What should we make of headlines in just the last 90 days, like “Medical [...]
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