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Small Business and Health Care

As a small business owner, I'm concerned about the growing costs of health care. This year our insurance went up 16%...nothing to sneeze at. We also upped our company contribution to 60% (from 50%), so I'm acutely aware of this cost on our bottom line. A few weeks back, BusinessWeek ran an interesting story called Get Healthy--Or Else, about how Scotts, the lawn-care company, is tackling the high cost of health insurance. Some might argue their approach is forward thinking (one employee's life was saved by being nagged to go to a physical) or invasive (another employee was let go for failing a drug test for...tobacco.)

Cool Stuff for Developers Over on Scotts Blog

Scott Guthrie is a general manager at Microsoft. One thing I like is his blog. It's been getting more and more popular with developers over the past few months.