Bad Santa came to our office this morning.
Bad Santa is our insurance representative. He is actually a good guy, but he has a terrible task. He shops for health insurance for our 47 employees and their families. His December visit and his handout with its 8-percent cost increase and $1000 deductibles and ugly numbers brings home the abstractions of national health care in a way the nightly news simply can’t.
I once had a summer job at a resort in Michigan where it was possible to have negative earnings after your room and board and withholding tax were taken out. We’re not quite there yet but we’re working on it.
