Health care costs are rising at an increasingly unaffordable pace. Democrats have capitalized on our nation's fears about being able to meet our health care bill by trumpeting universal health care, despite the fact that the concept has failed around the world, that Medicaid and Medicare are fiscal train wrecks coming our way, and despite the fact that millions of the uninsured choose to go without medical care insurance even though they can afford the same (leaving it to taxpayers to foot the bill). Companies are responding by seeking to head the problem off at the pass: requiring workers to take simple medical tests to find medical problems early so they can be tackled without the expense that might come if these conditions are not found, and treated, early in the progression. Companies are also engaging in drives to have their workers engage in healthy habits (sometimes financially rewarding them for losing weight, for example, helping to cut down on obesity and all the problems...(Read Full Post)