Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Health Wonk Review is up and sprinting. Despite a hint of chill in the air here in New England, the darn thing is growing like a weed. I attribute that to the hothouse conditions that exist in today’s health care … Continue reading Health Wonk Review – the Harvest Moon edition
Read More...Early indications are that HMO rates will rise 7-8% next year. Compared to this year’s 10% average increase, that’s good news. And here’s just how good that news is. Withfamily premiums (HMO and other plan types) hovering at the $11,000 … Continue reading Family insurance premiums to double in ten years
Read More...Back to my review of the audit of Broward County School Board’s workers comp program. My last post focused on some of the specific problems identified in the Broward School Board work comp audit. This post will concentrate on more … Continue reading Broward County Workers’ Comp problems – part three
Read More...The growing scandal in Ohio surrounding the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation‘s wildly inappropriate behavior has officially hit the big time. Initially surfaced by local press, and blogged on several occasions at Workers Comp Insider, the mess has just hit the … Continue reading Ohio Bureau of Workers Comp scandal hits the big time
Read More...When an issue hits the front page above the fold in USAToday, you can be certain it is a crisis. Today’s paper features the looming crisis in health care, noting recent rapid rises in costs have outstripped wage increases. The … Continue reading Another sign that the apocalypse is on us
Read More...In the last two days I have been interviewed by two separate publications (Kiplinger’s and Risk and Insurance) regarding the potential impact of the Spitzer investigations into contingent commissions, bid-rigging, and other unethical and inappropriate activities in the insurance industry. … Continue reading Fallout from the Spitzer investigations
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