Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
President Obama’s speech Wednesday night clarified what he will, and won’t, accept from Congress. It also was politically artful, mollifying the liberal Democrats while borrowing from Republican positions in an effort to give just enough to each to keep the … Continue reading Health reform – a speech too late?
Read More...This is it – President Obama’s speech tonight will be the single most important health reform event this year. Here are the key things to watch for. The reactions of Sens Grassley, Enzi, and Snowe are more important than the … Continue reading Obama’s health reform speech – what to watch for
Read More...President Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress tomorrow night looks like the last best hope for health reform in 2009. Despite all the protestations about ‘ObamaCare’, the reality is the President has been remarkably silent on health reform … Continue reading Will cooler heads prevail in health reform?
Read More...More than 75,000 work comp injuries were not reported in just three cities last year. Close to a million may have gone unreported nationally. Yesterday’s news (sub req) that 92% of low-wage workers don’t file work comp claims for injuries … Continue reading Is the low work comp injury frequency rate a myth?
Read More...Last week’s post about what will happen if we don’t have health reform got me (and a couple others) thinking about the downstream impact – on employers, manufacturers, taxpayers. Before we delve into the impacts, a bit of clarification. My … Continue reading Your life without health reform – part two
Read More...The reports from consulting firms Segal and Aon that health benefit costs will jump more than ten percent next year shows exactly what we’re in for if reform efforts fail. And by ‘reform’ I mean reform with strong cost controls. … Continue reading Your life without healthcare reform – Part One
Read More...The latest argument in favor of Washington getting serious about health care reform came late last week with the announcement that health premiums increased 95% since 2000. Even more troubling, that premium increase isn’t in ‘2000 plan dollars’; deductibles and … Continue reading It’s about cost, stupid!
Read More...It’s quite clear the public plan option is not going to be part of any health reform bill, if any health reform bill is passed. This despite the announcement yesterday that sixty progressive/Democrat members of Congress signed a document that … Continue reading Could we please just stop talking about the public plan option?
Read More...The scaremongers have apparently succeeded in forcing Senate Democrats to remove end of life planning from their health reform plans. This despite the original provision was introduced by a Republican (Johnny Isakson of Georgia) support of the measure by none … Continue reading Death by a thousand cuts – the fate of health reform
Read More...Jonathan Cohn writing at ‘The New Republic’ has summarized what’s happening with health reform better than I could. Here’s an excerpt: “Exhibit number one is the treatment of Eziekel Emanuel, the distinguished oncologist and bioethicist who is working on health … Continue reading Swiftboating health reform
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