Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Friend and colleague Peter Rousmaniere penned a terrific piece in workerscompensation.com on how and why Harvey may expose huge holes in the workers’ compensation “system” in Texas. here it is in its entirety- thanks Peter and WorkersCompensation.com! Harvey brought 50 … Continue reading Will Harvey be a disaster for recovery workers?
Read More...We’re all suffering from repeal-and-replace exhaustion, so I’ll keep this light and entertaining. Or at least try to. Quick – Is work comp the lion or the gazelle? With ACA very likely to remain the law of the land, here … Continue reading Healthcare reform – Implications for work comp, Part 2
Read More...With Congressional efforts to repeal/replace/revise ACA behind us for now, it’s time to consider what all this means for workers’ comp. First up – Medicaid expansion Currently 32 states have expanded Medicaid; 19 have not. Expect more states to consider … Continue reading Healthcare reform implications for workers’ comp, Part 1
Read More...With Sen John McCain’s unexpected surgery delaying a Senate vote on the BCRA (Senate Republican ACA repeal-and-replace bill), here’s where ACA repeal stands. Briefly, my take is Congress will not pass a repeal bill. So, the ACA Deathwatch clock’s hands … Continue reading ACA Deathwatch – Handicapping ACA repeal legislation
Read More...It’s about the details. Anyone reading the quick headline from WCRI’s just-published analysis of employer direction may well draw the conclusion that there’s no difference in costs between states where the employee or the employer has the ability to choose the … Continue reading Do laws directing injured workers to providers matter?
Read More...A few items of interest from the workers’ comp world… The sale of Mitchell proceeds, with multiple sources indicating four finalists have been selected. Word is one is a strategic, or industry buyer, while the rest are investment firms. Given … Continue reading Latest news from the work comp world
Read More...The work comp meme is our industry is always 20 years behind the rest of the world. Of late, that’s been overly optimistic, as insurers actually turn the clock back even further as they adopt tried-and-failed methods of buying medical … Continue reading Some work comp payers are committing suicide
Read More...The evidence is piling up; ACA is strongly associated with lower work comp premiums. Almost a year ago I attributed improvements in work comp’s medical expense trend to ACA; now, the impact is being seen in improving combined ratios particularly … Continue reading Health reform and Work Comp – more data is coming in
Read More...There’s lots of news out there about the Congressional Budget Office’s scoring of the Republican healthcare reform bill known as AHCA; we’ll narrowly focus on what passage of AHCA would mean for workers’ comp – and highlight what’s missing from every … Continue reading AHCA, CBO, and Workers’ Comp
Read More...I’ll stipulate to this – ACA needs major fixing. See below, and multiple past posts, for my take on what’s needed. Unfortunately that doesn’t look likely. The internecine warfare among Republicans over the American Health Care Act was inevitable, and … Continue reading ACA Deathwatch: Republicans should hope AHCA doesn’t pass
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