Comments on: Safeway’s Health Plan http://healthblog.ncpa.org/safeway%e2%80%99s-health-plan/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Fri, 25 May 2012 07:01:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: duckinpa http://healthblog.ncpa.org/safeway%e2%80%99s-health-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-112348 duckinpa Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:33:17 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3923#comment-112348 Hey if anybody notices, the cost of safeway employee is more expensive then most company. Yes Safeway is saving money, but nor its employee. Also, Safeway deals with Aenta, and Mrs Bird is on Board there, in PA we had to get rid of blue cross and blue shield, b/c safeway went with aenta, perconal choice was WAY better then Aneta, Also if Steve bird was a good CEO, why is he selling Genuardis? It was the BEst grocery store in 2001 when safeway bought us, now we are laughting stock here, steve burd has just took a great company and employee and trash us. so is safeway healthcare anybetter....i say not Hey if anybody notices, the cost of safeway employee is more expensive then most company. Yes Safeway is saving money, but nor its employee. Also, Safeway deals with Aenta, and Mrs Bird is on Board there, in PA we had to get rid of blue cross and blue shield, b/c safeway went with aenta, perconal choice was WAY better then Aneta, Also if Steve bird was a good CEO, why is he selling Genuardis? It was the BEst grocery store in 2001 when safeway bought us, now we are laughting stock here, steve burd has just took a great company and employee and trash us. so is safeway healthcare anybetter….i say not

]]> By: david mccallum http://healthblog.ncpa.org/safeway%e2%80%99s-health-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-86080 david mccallum Sun, 06 Feb 2011 04:21:20 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3923#comment-86080 Any health care plan is only the method of feeding the MONSTER!! The monster is obesity, cigarettes,alcohol and not enough exercise. Any health care plan is only the method of feeding the MONSTER!! The monster is obesity, cigarettes,alcohol and not enough exercise.

]]> By: David http://healthblog.ncpa.org/safeway%e2%80%99s-health-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-46385 David Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:25:41 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3923#comment-46385 how does the beath benefit brochure or sign up sheet read...verbiage how does the beath benefit brochure or sign up sheet read…verbiage

]]> By: Cameron Payne http://healthblog.ncpa.org/safeway%e2%80%99s-health-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-43342 Cameron Payne Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:28:04 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3923#comment-43342 Sounds too good to be true. Where can I find a copy of Safeway's actual health plan, not just the glowing sound bite highlights reported in the press? Sounds too good to be true. Where can I find a copy of Safeway’s actual health plan, not just the glowing sound bite highlights reported in the press?

]]> By: John R. Graham http://healthblog.ncpa.org/safeway%e2%80%99s-health-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-43299 John R. Graham Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:14:24 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3923#comment-43299 Stephen Burd, CEO of Safeway, shows that companies can use incentives to reduce health costs on a voluntary basis. He wants the federal government to reduce its burdensome regulations on self-insured health plans so that Safeway can charge higher premiums to employees who engage in unhealthy behaviors. This is all great. How disappointing that he also calls for “coverage for all Americans” that would expand government’s control. Mr. Burd reports that “Safeway’s Healthy Measures program is completely voluntary and currently covers 74 percent of the insured non-union workforce.” The exciting part of Safeway’s health benefit is the voluntary program, with incentives that are successful but would be even more so if government got out of the way. The unexciting part is the “insurance” that is a standard perk, driven by a tax code that classifies it as a non-taxable benefit. Instead of calling for the federal government to impose “coverage for all Americans”, Mr. Burd should be advocating reforms that build on his success by increasing Americans’ choice of our own health benefits. Stephen Burd, CEO of Safeway, shows that companies can use incentives to reduce health costs on a voluntary basis. He wants the federal government to reduce its burdensome regulations on self-insured health plans so that Safeway can charge higher premiums to employees who engage in unhealthy behaviors. This is all great.

How disappointing that he also calls for “coverage for all Americans” that would expand government’s control. Mr. Burd reports that “Safeway’s Healthy Measures program is completely voluntary and currently covers 74 percent of the insured non-union workforce.” The exciting part of Safeway’s health benefit is the voluntary program, with incentives that are successful but would be even more so if government got out of the way. The unexciting part is the “insurance” that is a standard perk, driven by a tax code that classifies it as a non-taxable benefit.

Instead of calling for the federal government to impose “coverage for all Americans”, Mr. Burd should be advocating reforms that build on his success by increasing Americans’ choice of our own health benefits.

]]> By: Stephen C. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/safeway%e2%80%99s-health-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-43295 Stephen C. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:13:50 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3923#comment-43295 Also, Devon, it would be even worse if the Kennedy staffers wrote the bill the way they wanted to. Clearly, they want nationwide community rating -- the same insurance at the same premium for everyone, regardless of health habits or any other factor. Also, Devon, it would be even worse if the Kennedy staffers wrote the bill the way they wanted to. Clearly, they want nationwide community rating — the same insurance at the same premium for everyone, regardless of health habits or any other factor.

]]> By: Devon Herrick http://healthblog.ncpa.org/safeway%e2%80%99s-health-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-43288 Devon Herrick Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:59:58 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3923#comment-43288 What Safeway is doing would be illegal under Kennedy’s health bill. See the analysis by Phillip Klein in the American Spectator: http://spectator.org/blog/2009/06/12/dems-health-care-proposal-woul What Safeway is doing would be illegal under Kennedy’s health bill. See the analysis by Phillip Klein in the American Spectator: http://spectator.org/blog/2009/06/12/dems-health-care-proposal-woul

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