Obama Admin Rethinking Massachusetts Model? Part 2

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My now monthly blog post wondering if there will be agreement…

Patrick Admin’s Misdiagnosis on ACA Transparency

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This post was co-written by Michael Morisy. During this year’s…

Are ACOs designed to care for grandparents also good for their grandkids?

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This op-ed ran in the Boston Business Journal Friday September…

A Fair and Cost Effective Tort System for Health Care

New study calls for comprehensive tort reform to address rise in number and average cost of malpractice payouts, and increase in insurance premiums, up by 63% in 2009 since 2001

Does Your Doctor Know How Much That Costs?

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A local group  (run by a former classmate of mine) is accepting…

Obama Admin Rethinking Massachusetts Model?

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The summer has led to little news from the Legislature and…

Governor, When is Excessiveness Excessive?

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The state senate is trying to decide whether to override the…

Wishful Thinking On Romneycare & Obamacare for Employers

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Over at the left-of-center blog The Incidental Economist, Austin…

Massachusetts is 1st in the Nation on Health Care Cost!

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However, this gold medal is one we wish we could return. Kaiser…

Do you feel safer in a hospital or on an airplane?

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The World Health Organization released a report recently that…

Their Solution is Dilution

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If there was any confusion about what Massachusetts public employee…

Feds Crapping Away Health $ and Increasing Deficit

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GAO (Government Accountability Office) will release a report…

Vermont Single-Payer Plan Full of Holes

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The Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts held a…

Watch Me Pull A Rabbit Out of My Hat

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Again? Ruffle up my sleeve. Presto. The Great and Good…

Beacon Hill’s Budget MassHealth Mirage

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Today the Legislature will vote on the final state budget. I…

HCFA & GBIO’s Misdiagnosis

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Health Care for All and the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization…

Misinformation About Massachusetts Reform from the Left

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Jonathan Cohn, Senior Editor of The New Republic tries to undercut…

Business Solutions to the Health Care Crunch in the Bay State

New report presents case studies of companies that have successfully controlled health care spending through proven strategies

Doc Gives Grim Diagnosis to “HCR II” in MA

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WBUR's CommonHealth blog posted an interview with Dr. Wayne…

Mass Takes a Pass on HSAs

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America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) released a report on…

Beacon Hill’s Magical Mystery Medicaid Savings

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As the Senate and House work to reconcile their respective versions…

MA Public Opinion of RomneyCare

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Kay Lazar had an interesting piece in The Boston Globe on a…

More Bad News for Governor’s Regulatory Regime for Payment Reform

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A Washington Post article today is sure to influence the debate…

Is Medicaid (MassHealth) Preventing the Poor from Breaking out of Addiction?

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Lawrence Harmon of The Boston Globe had a very interesting…

Gov. Patrick’s Regulatory Regime for Payment Reform

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This was the testimony I submitted today to the Joint Committee…

Maine Moving on Health Care

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An interesting experiment is about to be unleashed in one of…

Massachusetts Medicaid “Savings” in Trouble?

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The New York Times reports In a new effort to increase access…

Connector Saving Taxpayer Money

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On this blog-- and in the press-- I have often been critical…

Governor Deval Patrick’s Missing Chapter on Transparency

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Governor Deval Patrick's new autobiography, "A Reason to Believe:…

Gov Patrick Confused on Economics on “Daily Show”

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Governor Patrick was on Comedy Central's "Daily Show" Tuesday…