Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Elections have consequences. I don’t often quote Karl “Turd Blossom” Rove, but it certainly seems apropos now, three days after an historic election. There are a plethora of interesting story lines surrounding the election and the hows, whys, and whos … Continue reading Elections have consequences – Health Wonk Review’s post-election edition
Read More...It’s not the latest Odyssey/MSC/OneCall deal… Nor is it the increasing profitability (if one can call what’s really just the absence of continuing losses “increasing profitability”) of the comp industry. Sure there’s going to be talk about Sandy and her … Continue reading What people in Vegas will REALLY be talking about…
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...The Medicare drug program – Part D – was the largest expansion of entitlement programs since the Great Society. And it was – and is – a Republican program. A political masterstroke, Part D undoubtedly helped George W Bush get … Continue reading Who passed Part D and why you should care.
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
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