What Your Benefits Consultant Isn’t Telling You About Their Paycheck

A look inside the hidden world of employee benefit consultant compensation.

Feb 18 • DAVID SILVERSTEIN

I Don't Hate Brokers

I hate the system that turns honest brokers into cowards.

Feb 12 • DAVID SILVERSTEIN

You're On the Clock, Part 1: The Draft for Your Next Benefits Broker Starts Now

You’re on the clock. A series on taking control of your benefits strategy

Feb 5 • DAVID SILVERSTEIN

You’re On the Clock, Part 2: Are You Ready to Draft a Franchise Broker?

Why even experienced HR leaders are at a disadvantage when choosing a benefits consultant.

Feb 4 • DAVID SILVERSTEIN

You’re On the Clock, Part Three: The Blitz Is Coming

Championship teams win by studying film.

Feb 4 • DAVID SILVERSTEIN

You’re On the Clock, Part Four: Eat the Dead Cap

Making the hard call when your benefits strategy isn’t delivering.

Feb 4 • DAVID SILVERSTEIN

January 2026

LOL: How Washington Keeps Making Healthcare Worse

If only we could afford to laugh; but it’s not funny.

Jan 7 • DAVID SILVERSTEIN

December 2025

The Hidden Cost of Family Health: What Employers Overlook in Self-Funded Plans

Ignoring spouses and children is a financial risk.

Dec 2, 2025 • DAVID SILVERSTEIN

November 2025

The Free Market Is the Only Force That Can Fix American Healthcare

The reckoning America cannot avoid.

Nov 17, 2025 • DAVID SILVERSTEIN

Will Employee Benefit Brokers Become a Relic of the Past?

When transparency rises, the middleman falls.

Nov 5, 2025 • DAVID SILVERSTEIN

October 2025

Is Your Health Plan’s Network a Mirage?

When hospitals stretch the truth, employers and their employees pay the price.

Oct 22, 2025 • DAVID SILVERSTEIN

The Great Healthcare Hand-Off

It’s hard to know which way middle-class Americans should turn when both the government and the private sector are pointing at each other, and pushing…

Oct 7, 2025 • DAVID SILVERSTEIN