Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
OK folks, deep breath here. Let’s take a minute and discuss what’s really going on with the ACA. ACA – or the more-commonly-used-but-nonetheless-inaccurate-title Obamacare ≠ the Exchanges. I don’t know why pundits, pols, and regular people don’t understand this. Let’s … Continue reading ACA: the real story
Read More...Sorry folks – it’s been a very busy few days with client meetings and project deliverables. When you’re a one-person operation, it’s just not possible to keep up with posting when client stuff needs doing! So, here’s a quick review … Continue reading Thursday catch-up
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...Summer’s arrived in upstate New York – and boy do we appreciate it. While I was watching all the trees turn green, I missed reporting on a bunch of stuff last week. So better late than never, here it is. … Continue reading Monday catch-up
Read More...Several years ago the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) predicted the Affordable Care Act would negatively, if minimally, impact employment. Since then, there’s been much parsing of employment data – and way too much credence given to anecdotal reports – by ACA … Continue reading The ACA and employment
Read More...20 million more Americans are covered today than were pre-ACA. ACA’s insureds are poorer, more likely to be recent immigrants, and much more likely to be Hispanic than the rest of the country. And for many, their new coverage is … Continue reading ACA – who’s covered now and why it matters
Read More...Elections have consequences, none more so than this one. With the GOP headed for potentially historic losses in the Senate and House – and another four years of a Democratic-controlled White House and administration, policy makers are working on what … Continue reading Obamacare – Round Two
Read More...On holiday this week, hiking in Arizona. Hope your week is fabulous, unless you are a physician dispensing advocate or opioid overuse apologist, in which case I hope it is anything but. Speaking of which, opioid guidelines are becoming more … Continue reading Catch up Monday
Read More...Made it home from warm and sunny Baton Rouge yesterday just in time to escape the travel disaster unfolding across the east coast. Hope you and yours are warm and snug and home. The big news-that-wasn’t was the completion of … Continue reading Friday catch up
Read More...I’d give it a B-. Let’s start with enrollment… All in, there’s about 6.5 – 7 million new non-elderly insureds via public and private exchanges to date. The total increase in non-elderly insureds from 2013 to 2014 was just under 9 … Continue reading So how’s the ACA doing? Part One
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