In an effort to achieve greater transparency, I decided to pull the requirements listed in the new healthcare law in Massachusetts that promises to save the Commonwealth billions. I have blogged about my skepticism numerous times before. It is important to keep in mind that these are the explicit implementation requirements or permissions granted to existing or new agencies in 2013. Many other implementation actions were intentionally left vague or were not assigned a start date, but can commenc[...]

http://insureblog.blogspot.ie/2012/06/video-friday.html Cato’s Michael Cannon has been on a tear lately, advocating that states pro-actively shun setting up ObamneyCare© Exchanges. Here, he explains why: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAbmzAMZnJw&feature=player_embedded If you’ve been following the Pioneer Institute’s series on the latest MassCare Payment Reform train-wreck efforts, here’s Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwdnpLQt9QE&feature=player_embedded [...]

While Governor Patrick has been pleading with the Legislature to act on his February 2011 payment reform bill that would move our health care system towards global payments and accountable care organizations, his MassHealth (Medicaid) office has moved in the opposite direction. (You can read my testimony on the Governor’s bill here) In March 2011, the MassHealth program changed their default enrollment policy for new enrollees that did not affirmatively select a managed care option–either [...]