Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
This two week-post-election edition of the Cavalcade of Risk combines a bit of prognostication about the directional impact of the political winds, a lot about the economy and impact thereof, and a few posts that manage to be both topical … Continue reading Cavalcade of Risk – post election
Read More...Friday’s New York Times had an excellent piece about the major changes occurring in the type of policies gaining traction in the group health insurance market – consumer-directed health plans with high deductibles. According to the NYT’s Milt Freudenheim, more … Continue reading When health insurance…isn’t
Read More...WCRI’s annual meeting concluded with a panel discussion reviewing the previous day and a half. Following up on Dr Mueller’s excellent presentation about the coming changes in the health care system, Keith Bateman noted that while guidelines may help increase … Continue reading WCRI wrapup
Read More...today marks the start of the annual Workers Compensation Research Institute in Boston. Um going to put up a couple of lengthy – but still well worth reading in their entirety – posts on today’s presentations later this evening. For … Continue reading Report from the WCRI annual meeting – comp is not on the national agenda
Read More...Yesterday I opined that health care costs are on the way back up, driven by a worsening economy. Premiums will also rise due to cost-shifting by providers seeking compensation for underpayments by Medicaid and Medicare and no payments from the … Continue reading The economy, rising health care costs and the impact on workers comp
Read More...For the first time since the first two years of the Clinton administration, Democrats are going to dominate the House, Senate, and occupy the White House, giving Capitol Hill a decidedly blue tint. There’s lots on the agenda, but three … Continue reading The Democrats win big. Now what?
Read More...Yesterday was historic, nation-changing, incredibly rewarding. It was also exhausting and deeply disturbing. The day started at 6 am. As an election observer, I was tasked with making sure a specific polling place was open and ready for business before … Continue reading the Bucks County Journal – election day
Read More...Today was another day of ‘dropping lit’ – this time myself and an attorney from Manhattan were tasked with hanging signs on doorknobs in a typical spread-out suburban community in Bucks County PA. The signs were specific to the polling … Continue reading Report from the ground – Bucks County
Read More...Today, tomorrow and Tuesday I’m in Bucks County, PA, volunteering for the Obama campaign. No, its not glamorous, I won’t be appearing on NPR or the Nightly Business Report. I will be being doing whatever the caffeine- and cheesesteak-fueled twenty-somethings … Continue reading The view from the ground – Bucks County Journal
Read More...For several months rumors have been floating around Capitol Hill about efforts by Sen Ted Kennedy to get legislation to the floor of both houses early in the new year. With the Senator’s recent move back to his DC home … Continue reading Health reform – the lion of the Senate takes charge
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