Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Claimants with comorbidities [health issues identified by the treating doc] cost a lot more than patients without. That’s the conclusion of NCCI’s latest report, and a finding all workers’ comp stakeholders would do well to consider carefully – for several … Continue reading Comorbidities double workers’ comp claims costs
Read More...Health Wonk Review is hosting a special edition today compiling the views of the health bloggers on the Supreme Court’s decision on PPACA. By now all know the Court upheld the Affordable Care Act by the narrowest of margins, with … Continue reading SCOTUS on health reform – the bloggers respond
Read More...In what will be one of the more entertaining episodes in Presidential campaigning, GOP presumptive nominee Mitt Romney will have to disavow his success in passing health reform in Massachusetts that now looks to be a major success. Reform was … Continue reading Congratulations Mitt!
Read More...Trying something new in this fortnight’s edition of Health Wonk Review – instead of grouping contributions by topic, we’ll take them as they come – just like we encounter them on the web – and at the end, I’ll try … Continue reading Streaming Health Wonk Review
Read More...Now that Rick Santorum has grabbed the hot potato known as the ‘GOP presidential race front-runner‘, it’s time to learn about his stance on health care, his platform, and his history. Let’s start with past history; while platforms and political … Continue reading Santorum on health care – fiscally conservative or not?
Read More...I’m not the only one befuddled by the disconnect between private health insurance premiums and costs – you’ve probably seen the headlines screaming about health insurance costs going up, but you may have missed the way-back-in-the-business-section blurb about underlying costs … Continue reading Medical costs are flat; premiums are way up – why?
Read More...Anyone else feeling a bit of deja vu? The blog world certainly is, with many of the entries for this edition of Health Wonk Review focusing on the ongoing battle over health reform, aka the Patient Protection and Affordable Care … Continue reading Repeal, replace, renew, revise, revisit – what the bloggers say
Read More...Now that health reform is the law of the land, the focus has turned to implementing the law itself. As anyone knows, the real work, and the real impact, is in the details, the definitions, the requirements and operating guidelines. … Continue reading Implementing Health Reform – Health Wonk Review reports
Read More...President Obama’s recent visit to Baltimore to speak with (as he said, “not to, but with”) the House Republican Conference was one of the best things to happen in politics in recent memory. Not that there’s a long list. During … Continue reading Obama and the Republicans on health care – the Baltimore dialogue
Read More...President Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress tomorrow night looks like the last best hope for health reform in 2009. Despite all the protestations about ‘ObamaCare’, the reality is the President has been remarkably silent on health reform … Continue reading Will cooler heads prevail in health reform?
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