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60% of MA Docs Will Not Meet Ch224 Electronic Medical Record Mandate
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Putting aside a lengthy discussion about the merits of and cost…
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Federal Fig Leaf or Flexibility? (by Ted Rebarber)
As the fight over the national Common Core academic standards…
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Memorial Day: Honoring Our Fallen Soldiers and Cherishing Our Freedom
For many, Memorial Day is regarded as the official kick-off of…
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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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When Is a Tax Not a Tax?
When is a tax not a tax? When no one pays it.
That’s basically…
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New “Grace Period” For ACA Implementation in Mass
These are strange days in healthcare. Even the Boston Globe is…
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Basic information about IEP access lacking in Massachusetts public schools
Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), geared at students whose…
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Wanted: Internationally Benchmarked Standards in English, Mathematics, and Science (by Sandra Stotsky)
The many flaws in Common Core’s standards are finally beginning…
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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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Anti-Common Core News Round-up (May 3): Daily Caller, Heritage, AFT, Ed Week, Wash Times, IN, MO, NY, WI, ID, TN, AZ
As opposition to Common Core national education standards picks…
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What Anti-Common Core Activism in Tennessee Portends
Across the country, from Florida to Michigan, Colorado to Alabama,…
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A stress on informational reading in the English class will not develop “critical” thinking (by Sandra Stotsky)
One of the sales pitches for Common Core's English language arts…
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Do “cold” readings of our historical documents “level the playing field”? (by Sandra Stotsky)
Two of the many bizarre ideas that the “chief architect”…
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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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Upholding the Spirit of Boston
We at Pioneer are thankful that our loved ones are safe. …
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Open the Boston taxicab “market” to competition
The Boston Globe's Spotlight team has done a great job uncovering…
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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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What would you do with a half-billion dollars?
The next time you’re watching those dollars ring up at the…
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The state’s economic strategy is selling us short
Megan Woolhouse's piece entitled "Shut Out" in the Boston Globe told…
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150 Years of Lincoln’s New Birth of Freedom
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation…
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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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‘Calling out’ the Secretary of State
Secretary of State Bill Galvin didn’t waste time when…
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Is there an explosion in state government employment? Yup.
We've been at this one with the administration for a few…
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Pioneer’s Transparency Update: “Sunshine Week” Edition
With all the scandals that plague the Massachusetts State House,…
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MassDOT won’t say who’s getting a free ride
Our Commonwealth’s toll system doesn’t appear discriminating…
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Health Policy Commission Starts to Pick Winners and Losers
In a feared (put predicted) outcome, the newly formed Health…
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The Pioneer Plan for Massachusetts’ Transportation Needs
Expect more on the Pioneer Plan for Transportation in the coming…
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Revolving Door on Beacon Hill, Healthcare Edition
It often goes unreported, but Beacon Hill does have a wide revolving door…
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Local committee ends Massachusetts’ first virtual school
The Boston Globe and the Boston Herald are reporting that last…