Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
What’s missing from the debate about AHCA and ACA is any discussion about what’s making premiums so damn expensive. We are arguing over what we pay, not what we’re paying for. That makes zero sense. AHCA makes older folks pay … Continue reading It’s about healthcare costs, NOT insurance premiums
Read More...The news from the White House is the “replacement” isn’t going to appear until the end of this year – or perhaps sometime in 2018. That’s a very good thing. For those that have been following our ACA Deathwatch, that is … Continue reading ACA Deathwatch: Whoa, there, cowboy!
Read More...UPDATE – There’s some confusion about what the pending vote to defund ACA will mean defunding essentially repeals a big chunk of ACA by ending funding for key components “repeal” will NOT go into effect for at least 2, and … Continue reading ACA Deathwatch – UPDATE on budgetary block
Read More...News reports indicate Speaker Ryan will be moving quickly to pass ACA repeal legislation when Congress reconvenes next week. While most elected Republicans are in agreement that ACA should be “repealed”, that’s about where the agreement ends. And therein lies … Continue reading ACA Deathwatch; What to watch for when Congress convenes next week
Read More...2017 will be a very misleading year. There will be no changes to health reform, markets, Exchanges, Medicaid, or Medicare. More people will be insured, hospitals and health systems will enjoy financial stability, and while losses in the individual market … Continue reading Healthcare in 2018
Read More...With just a couple Health Wonk Review publication dates between now and the election, we decided to jump into this with both feet. Which is decidedly different from anything we’re hearing from the Presidential candidates, and pretty much everyone running … Continue reading Pre-election pundit ponderings!
Read More...NCCI released a study yesterday indicating drug spend for active claims increased 6 percent in 2014, driven by higher prices. That’s consistent with the finding from CompPharma’s Annual Survey of Prescription Drug Management in Workers’ Compensation, however more recent data … Continue reading What the latest work comp drug spend means
Read More...WCRI’s report on variations in hospital outpatient costs is yet more evidence of the wide and seemingly nonsensical variations in work comp regulations, fees, payments, and practices among and between states. Among the findings: an eight-fold variation in costs from the … Continue reading Workers’ comp hospital costs – implications for payers
Read More...Not to rub it into my friends and colleagues who are “working” in Orlando this week, but here in Montana it is 73, dry, sunny, and the mountain views are spectacular. Of course, flying into Bozeman isn’t nearly as…challenging as the … Continue reading Tuesday update
Read More...Over the last few years I’ve had quite a few calls and meetings with folks in the investment community looking to get up to speed on the workers’ comp industry and various aspects thereof. While the volume of calls ebbs … Continue reading Workers’ comp fast facts
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