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[...]

Liberal blogger Matt Yglesias over at Slate recently made a great point about the difference between health care costs and spending. It is one that I hope local pols on Beacon Hill will keep in mind as they consider payment reform legislation that will regulate by price controls. The health care system in the United States has a lot of problems, but I think people are sometimes too pessimistic about it. This happens largely through slippage between the phrases “health care spending” and “health [...]