This summer has been busier than any I can recall – new clients, new projects, new work has me waaaay behind on posting to MCM – my apologies.
Here’s stuff that happened this week…
Way too many opioid-related deaths occur in construction, farming, and fishing
According to the Boston GLobe, “nearly a quarter of overdose deaths in a five-year period occurred among people, mostly men, who work in construction…”
Construction workers may well take the dangerous painkillers so they can keep working.
Thanks to Mike Mullen for the tip on this.
Good piece by Louise Esola in Business Insurance about predictive analytics – Friend and colleague Jeff White of Gallagher Bassett draws an interesting parallel with hurricane tracking graphics – the tools can help adjusters figure out where claims are headed – and therefore what to do to prepare/prevent bad outcomes.
Those short-term health plans Trump is pushing – be careful before you sign up. These “association health plans” often don’t cover drugs or pregnancy or out of network care.
That’s why they are cheap.
From the “these people are awful” file comes this – Mississippi’s governor is seeking to force Medicaid recipients to fill out all kinds of forms on line to demonstrate their efforts to find work.
This in the state where almost no one is on Medicaid because you don’t qualify if you make more than $6000.
You won’t be surprised to learn most Mississippi Medicaid recipients are very poor African American mothers in rural areas.
This smacks of racism.
When did it become OK for politicians to do this?
Hope you have a good weekend – it will certainly be better than those poor moms’…
