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2019 Hewitt Health Care Lecture: U.S. HHS Secretary Alex Azar’s Remarks on Healthcare Price Transparency, Opioid Crisis, HIV Epidemic & More
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This past Monday, Pioneer held the 13th annual Hewitt Healthcare…
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Possible Civil and Criminal Offenses During ACA Implementation?
The transition to a new healthcare exchange in Massachusetts…
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State Internal Docs Contradict Gov. Patrick: Show $1B Price Tag for ACA Transition
Governor Patrick has now called our Health Connector cost estimate…
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An Open Letter to Governor Deval Patrick about Healthcare Cost Overruns
This letter was sent via email to the Patrick Administration…
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The Ugly Truth About State Healthcare Costs
Last week, Pioneer Institute released a report showing that the cost…
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The Health Connector Authority Protesting Too Much
In FY2011, the year prior to passage of the Affordable Care Act,…
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Deval’s Big Dig: Responding to the Governor on Connector Report
When we talk about the Big Dig, we talk in big, round numbers.…
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Massachusetts to Default to Healthcare.gov, After Hail Mary to Save Its Exchange
Yesterday Massachusetts officials announced plans to default…
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100+ Unanswered Questions about the Failed Connector ACA Website
As a result of the failed Connector website, 160,000 Massachusetts…
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Mass Connector Called Before Congress To Explain Failed Rollout
Chris Cassidy at the Boston Herald is reporting that Jean Yang,…
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ACA Spiking Premiums in Massachusetts, More Than 300 Cancellations of Plans
The Patrick Administration has been publicly touting that health…
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General Court Silent On Connector Meltdown: Connector Playing Whac-A-Mole With Enrollment
Due to poor project management and failing IT contractors, the…
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In Pictures: 15 Facts Pres. Obama Needs To Know About Mass.’s Healthcare Reform
During President Obama’s Boston visit to talk about the ACA…
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ACA Comes to Massachusetts: Post #1: 40% Premium Increase and Higher Co-pays On the Connector
Paul Levy has a compelling post over at his must-read blog, Not…
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More Americans In 3 States Have Had Their Insurance Canceled Under ObamaCare Than Have Filed An Exchange Account In All 50
This week the reality of the ObamaCare roll-out appeared…
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Mass Health Connector 2.0: Limited Function and Unable to Provide Subsidy and Medicaid Information
The Health Connector has spent the last 3 years telling everyone…
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Healthcare.gov Crashes During First Day, Why Massachusetts Never Had This Problem
In the grand scheme of the ACA, the first day of open enrollment…
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Will ACA Cause Rate Shock in Massachusetts? It Appears So, Small Biz To See Premiums Rise Up to 97%
Conventional wisdom has held that the ACA impact on Massachusetts…
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10 Questions About ACA/Obamacare Implementation in Massachusetts That Need to be Answered
1. Why is Massachusetts giving the federal government…
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ACA Premium Roller Coaster for Small Business Coming to Massachusetts
A handful of owners of small companies in the Commonwealth…
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Update and Public Statement on Continued Lack of Transparency on the Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Massachusetts
The following is a statement from Pioneer Institute executive…
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Oregon Medicaid Results: Half Full or Missing the Point?
Much as been written this past week about the second year results…
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ACA’s Alice in Wonderland Twist: HHS Unilateral Delay of Regulations
A recent decision by HHS illustrates the arbitrary nature…
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Untold Story of Small Biz Delay under ACA, Just Déjà Vu from Massachusetts
The revelation that the Obama Administration will delay the roll…
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Will Mass Unmerge Insurance Marketplace Because of ACA?
I have written numerous times about the impact that the ACA…
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As Federal Health Law Turns Three, We Should Leverage The Power of Federalism
As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, aka ObamaCare)…
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Mass Connector Up to $180 Million to Change Tires on the Exchange
The Boston Globe reported on its website yesterday that the…
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ACA Impact, Part 5: New $63 Per-Head Tax
The headline from the AP this morning
Surprise: New Insurance…
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ACA Impact, Part 4: $3.89 Billion in New Insurance Taxes Over 10 Years
I have written many times before on this blog about individual…