HEALTH Archives

What the ACA Subsidy Expiration Means for Health Insurance Rates 0

This is a new regular feature of ASA. We hope you like it. You probably didn’t notice when it happened. December 31st came and went, and somewhere between the champagne and the bowl games, one of the largest health insurance subsidies in American history quietly expired. If you buy health insurance through the marketplace —

The Actual Cost of Doing Nothing: Why ASA Members Should Take a Serious Look at Their Association Health Plan 0

By Chris Cordon, Affinity Benefits If you’re a subcontractor running a company with fewer than 50 employees, you already know that health insurance is one of your biggest line items — second only to payroll. What you may not realize is just how much the deck is stacked against you in the current healthcare market,

Contractor Community – March/April 2026 0

Assured Partners Joins Arthur J. Gallagher AssuredPartners, an ASA Platinum Sponsor, has joined Arthur J. Gallagher (Rolling Meadows, Illinois), the world’s third-largest insurance broker. AssuredPartners began its relationship with ASA in January 2021 and, over the past five years, has provided insurance and risk management services to ASA members across many ASA local and regional

Building Safer Jobsites: What Women in Construction Bring to Safety Leadership 0
- HEALTH, Improving Productivity, Safety
- March 31, 2026
By Morgan Hammon, Safety Management Group I hopped out of the truck in my FR and hard hat ready to facilitate a project safety expectations meeting to a group of linemen, operators, laborers, and owner representatives. Walking into the substation, I remind the project managers beside me to always touch the fence with the back
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NIOSH Worker Well-Being Questionnaire (WellBQ)0
- HEALTH, Workforce & Professional Development
- March 31, 2026
A healthy workplace is a productive workplace. When people are physically safe, mentally supported, and not constantly battling fatigue, stress, or preventable strain, they can focus, collaborate, and perform at a higher level. Well-being shows up in the outcomes every organization cares about—quality, reliability, engagement, retention, and customer satisfaction. It also reduces the hidden costs
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What Does It Mean to be a Woman in Construction?0
- HEALTH, Leadership, Workforce & Professional Development
- March 31, 2026
By Sonya Bohmann, Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention When the first week of March comes up each year, any woman who works adjacent to the industry or adjacent to the field in this industry questions, “Am I a woman in construction?” Construction has always been an industry defined by grit, precision, and resilience. But
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