Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
There’s a big problem with Sen Bernie Sanders’ Single Payer plan. [I think it is Sen Warren’s plan too, but she’s dithering these days.] Nope, not the cost, not the “gubmint taking over my Medicare”, not the pharma or physician … Continue reading Iowans aren’t buying Medicare for All
Read More...or the longer version…What does this have to do with workers’ comp? I hear that far too often, usually when talking with a work comp exec about Medicare reimbursement changes, the number of workers without health insurance, MS-DRGs, Medicaid expansion, … Continue reading So what?
Read More...Sure, there’s lots to like about it – no paperwork, see any doctor you want, no cost for any services, covers nursing home and long term care, dental, vision, you name it. It will cost a good bit more – … Continue reading Why BernieCare won’t happen
Read More...Recent posts have focused on defining Medicare for All/Single Payer and the problem both are intended to solve – healthcare prices in the US are the problem. Today, we’ll figure out what you really pay for healthcare. That’s pretty darn … Continue reading How much are you really paying for healthcare?
Read More...This week we are unpacking Single Payer/Medicare for All to better understand the many variations of SP/MFA and now they are different, how those variations might work, and whether some version is a) politically viable and b) would solve the … Continue reading Could Medicare for All Solve the healthcare cost problem?
Read More...Some ill-informed but perhaps well-intentioned people opine that all we need to do to solve the healthcare cost problem is unleash the free market. Their thinking seems to be that creative approaches and Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” will conquer the … Continue reading Capitalism will never solve our healthcare problem – because capitalism is the problem
Read More...It’s been a very very busy time. First, I’m pretty darn excited to note my alma mater’s football team goes into it’s match with Notre Dame ranked 12th in the nation. As a long-suffering Syracuse alum, this is territory we … Continue reading Tuesday catch-up
Read More...When Single Payer becomes the law of the land, Medicaid will be the foundation. We’ve looked at the current push for Medicare for All, the factors that I believe will drive us to some form of single payer, and posted … Continue reading The case for Medicaid for All
Read More...After last night’s gubernatorial primary elections, no one can claim “those politicians are all the same.” Gillum v DeSantis in Florida, Ducey v Garcia in Arizona, Abrams v Kent in Georgia, Evers v Walker in Wisconsin…the contrast between candidates in … Continue reading Medicare for All means…what?
Read More...How does our healthcare stack up against the rest of the world? As we think about the possibility of moving to some version of Single Payer, we have to look at all sides of the question – what do we … Continue reading U.S. healthcare vs the world in one chart
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