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Ingram's Magazine: October 2024


Ingram’s October 2024 Digital Edition

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2024 Top Doctors

PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2024 Hard to believe, but it’s been more than 25 years since the very first class of Ingram’s Top Doctors debuted, and this year, we induct 16 new faces into that elite fold. That brings the grand total…more

The Squeeze Is On … Again

PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2024 The annual autumn ritual of open enrollments and employee benefit selections is upon us, with a five-word cautionary assessment for employers from the global consulting firm Mercer: “The picture is not encouraging.” That was the takeaway from…more

Q&A . . . With Matt Wheeler

PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2024 Q: In the health coverage space, how are businesses/owners reacting to the premium trend lines seen over the past several cycles? A: We always try to do everything we can to be proactive with employers to help…more

Generation Z Arrives in Force

PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2024 If the demographers are right, anyone turning 27 this year is on the leading edge of Generation Z, which continues its unstoppable advance through the global workforce. By odd coincidence, the modal number of this year’s 20…more

Ingram’s 20 in their Twenties Assembly

PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2024 According to many demographers, the first members of Generation Z entered this world in 1997, which makes those on the leading edge 27 as of this year. By happenstance, that’s the same age for a plurality of…more

Shaping a Gen Z Future

PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2024 There is no question that today’s youngest employees—driven by a desire for flexibility, mental health support, and inclusivity—are reshaping workplace benefits, igniting the latest wave in an ongoing workplace evolution.  By 2025, Gen Z is expected to…more

Setting the Stage for Buying a Home

PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2024 Knowing when and how to buy a home in the current market can feel like an insurmountable challenge, especially for those in the Millennial and Gen Z age ranges who are still looking for the opportunity to…more

Technical Righting

PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2024 Nine years. That’s the current success metric at State Technical College of Missouri, where the fall semester produced a ninth straight record year of enrollment, hitting 2,415 students. Since the start of that streak, enrollment at the…more

Christmas in October: The Gift of Giving

PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2024 This year, Oct. 5 marked the kick-off to Christmas in October, an event where business volunteers gather to give back to the communities that share the Kansas City area with as their home. On average, more than…more

Half a Decade, but a 10 Year’s Worth of Major Movements

PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2024 As the third decade of the century dawned, the American economy was firing on all cylinders: GDP was up a comfortable 2.3 percent—sustainable growth that, by itself, wouldn’t trigger inflation. Quite the opposite; the final year of…more

We Need a Spending Overhaul ASAP!

PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2024 We entered a new federal fiscal year this month. By one accounting, our deficit for fiscal year 2024 reached $2.3 trillion! Back when Ronald Reagan was president and budget deficits were rising, he rolled out the “New…more