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For U.S. Employers, Health Care Reform Is a Watching and Waiting Game

Harvard Business Review

Understanding the implementation plans for the health care law passed in 2010 is a complicated job for even the most seasoned policy wonks. These logistics took a sharp new turn last week when the Obama administration decided to delay enforcing mandatory employer and insurer employment requirements until 2015.

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A Health Mandate That Business Can Live With

Harvard Business Review

That's because the declining health of the American worker is at the core of the health care expense burden. — that's six of every seven workers — are now either overweight or have a chronic (but usually preventable) health condition. Now that's a health mandate business can live with!

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The Social Disparity Behind America’s Growing Obesity Gap

Harvard Business Review

Between 2003 and 2010, obesity rates among teens whose parents have no more than a high-school education rose from about 20% to 25%. What is driving the sharp difference in physical activity over the last few years? But underneath the aggregate trend lies a striking social disparity. But our research shows that the gap is growing.

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The Cure for the Not-for-Profit Crisis

Harvard Business Review

have dropped by billions — down 11% in 2010 alone, according to a recent report from the Chronicle of Philanthropy. For more tightly focused not-for-profits , such as the Cleveland Clinic and the network of Food Banks around the country, the decline is not nearly as sharp. There is a crisis in the not-for-profit sector.

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People Are Angry About Globalization. Here’s What to Do About It.

Harvard Business Review

personal consumption expenditures in 2010 and that over half of that amount actually went to U.S. newspapers, the share of foreign stories has declined from 27% in 1987 to 11% in 2010. And Americans convinced everything is now made in China might be interested to know that products made in China accounted for only 2.7%