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Welcome to the "Behind the Premium" podcast! Where we dive into the challenging healthcare discussions surrounding the risks and expenses that businesses encounter today.
Join us as we reveal the true realities of what lies behind your insurance premiums—from concealed waste and inflated fees to the annual surge of double-digit premium increases. Tune in to hear from healthcare experts and fellow business leaders as they share personal experiences, innovative ideas, and strategies for managing escalating healthcare costs.

Upcoming Episodes
List of Services
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Remote Work & Hybrid Workplace Models
The remote-versus-office fight got loud and missed the point. The real question was never where people sit — it's what kind of company you're trying to build.
On this Behind the Premium roundtable, we get into remote and hybrid models: what the productivity data really says, the hidden costs of each model, and the pay and benefits implications of distributed teams.
We're bringing founders, people leaders, HR, and managers to the table. Want a seat? Sign up to join as a panelist and bring the remote or hybrid call you made — and whether you'd make it again.
Remote Work & Hybrid Workplace Models
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Understanding Healthcare Renewal Increases
Every year the renewal lands with a double-digit increase and a shrug — "that's just the market." Most of that number is more negotiable than employers think.
On this Behind the Premium roundtable, we get into renewal increases: what's really inside the number line by line, trend versus claims versus carrier padding, and where the negotiable room hides.
We're bringing HR leaders, CFOs, brokers, and consultants to the table. Want a seat? Sign up to join as a panelist and bring the renewal line item you've learned to push back on.
Understanding Healthcare Renewal Increases
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Culture & People Leadership
Every company says culture is its top priority. Most can't tell you what it is, who owns it, or whether it's working.
On this Behind the Premium roundtable, we get into culture and people leadership: what culture is once you strip away the perks, how it survives growth and remote work, and how to fix one that's quietly gone wrong.
We're bringing founders, people leaders, HR, and managers to the table. Want a seat? Sign up to join as a panelist and bring the culture lesson you learned the hard way.
Culture & People Leadership
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SMB HR Playbook for the AI Era
A 40-person company doesn't have a chief people officer, a legal team, or a data scientist. It still has every problem the big companies have — now with AI moving the goalposts.
On this Behind the Premium roundtable, we get into the SMB HR playbook for the AI era: the lean HR stack for small teams, using AI as a force multiplier without the risk, and the compliance you can't skip.
We're bringing founders, small-team HR, ops leaders, and fractional HR pros to the table. Want a seat? Sign up to join as a panelist and bring the scrappy HR move that punched above its weight.
SMB HR Playbook for the AI Era
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AI's Impact on Talent Management & HR
Every HR vendor now has "AI" on the box. Most of it's a chatbot in a trench coat — but some of it's quietly changing how people get hired, paid, and managed.
On this Behind the Premium roundtable, we get into AI's impact on talent management: where it actually helps versus the hype, the bias and legal exposure in AI hiring, and what to automate versus keep human.
We're bringing HR and people leaders, talent, and compliance pros to the table. Want a seat? Sign up to join as a panelist and bring the AI-in-HR use case that's real — or the one that scares you.
AI's Impact on Talent Management & HR
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