David A. Saltzman, RHU, DIA

About the Author

David A. Saltzman, RHU, DIA

David A. Saltzman, RHU, DIA, is the founding president of the Miami-Dade Association of Health Underwriters and has served as president of both the Florida Assocition of Health Underwriters and the National Association of Health Underwriters. He is the president of EmpowHR Inc. He can be reached at dsaltz@gmail.com.

• PPACA: A looking glass year

  By David A. Saltzman, RHU, DIA  |  December 2, 2012

  Looking back on the past year, it seems as though we have made a trip down a rabbit hole into a surreal and often frightening adventure land of our own.

• Small slivers of sanity

  By David A. Saltzman, RHU, DIA  |  October 1, 2012

  Every once in a while a conversation affords the possibility of changing — or at least opening — someone’s mind to a new possibility. Such was the case in a recent discussion with an old (and quite liberal) friend.

• Of beginnings and ends

  By David A. Saltzman, RHU, DIA  |  August 1, 2012

  Since the June 28th Supreme Court ruling on PPACA, the pundits have been in hyperdrive — with a decided accent on the “hype.” Herman Cain, always quick with a phrase, has dubbed the law ObamaDon’tCare. The redoubtable Dave Racer has taken to calling it ObamaTax. One friend opined, “Justice Roberts...

• Survey Says!

  By David A. Saltzman, RHU, DIA  |  July 1, 2012

  Surveys can tell you a lot these days. Are you listening?

• Dust Off the WIN Buttons

  By David A. Saltzman, RHU, DIA  |  June 1, 2012

  Governments have been trying (and failing) to regulate prices in a variety of ways and over a range of commodities for thousands of years.

• Good News and Bad News

  By David A. Saltzman, RHU, DIA  |  April 25, 2012

  The value is in the job, not the product. When you learn what job the client wants to accomplish, and you speak to that job, you are at the beginning of the value equation.

• Nullum Prandium Gratuitum

  By David A. Saltzman, RHU, DIA  |  April 1, 2012

  PPACA ignores the fact that there's no such thing as a free lunch.

• Surrounded by Idioms

  By David A. Saltzman, RHU, DIA  |  March 1, 2012

  America's health care chickens are coming home to roost.

• The “V” word

  By David A. Saltzman, RHU, DIA  |  February 1, 2012

  As much as I respect the entirety of the nomination and election process in our great land, I have to admit the following: I am about ready to jump out of my skin.

• Right!

  By David A. Saltzman, RHU, DIA  |  January 1, 2012

  In early 1963, Bill Cosby made his first appearance on “The Tonight Show.” Those of us who were fortunate enough to see that performance knew that we were seeing something new, fresh and inventive.