Virtually There

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If Massachusetts has because of lack of leadership within the…

Beacon Hill’s Budget MassHealth Mirage

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

Hold the Victory Lap

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The Conference Budget contains substantive reform to municipal…

HCFA & GBIO’s Misdiagnosis

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Health Care for All and the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization…

Have Much Drinking Should You Do At Ed Meetings?

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OK, I tried in my previous post to give a higher level policy…

Virtually Worlds Apart

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Mirror-mirror on the wall, which states are pushing innovation…

Misinformation About Massachusetts Reform from the Left

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

Big Trouble in the Merrimack Valley

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No one is happier with the Whitey Bulger arrest than John Barrenco.…

After Dozens of Rounds of Layoffs, More State Employees Than Before

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Even after dozens of rounds of layoffs and promises of cutbacks…

Doc Gives Grim Diagnosis to “HCR II” in MA

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

Stepping Back in Time on the T

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One of the joys of living in an 'old' city like Boston is when…

Convention Center Chronicles – Wrap-Up

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Expanding the Convention Center and adding a Headquarters hotel…

Senate mischief prove collusion with unions

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Two thoughts to add to Jim Stergios’s excellent post below…

Convention Center Chronicles — Marginal Impact and Demand

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What do we get? And who will come? Those are the questions…

Tide turning on municipal health savings

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The Globe's editorial page came out with a very clear view…

Mass Takes a Pass on HSAs

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

Uncommon and common goals

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The dual mission of Phoenix Charter Academy—giving second…

Convention Center Chronicles – Chasing Room Nights

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Room nights (nights spent at area hotels by convention attendees)…

Convention Center Chronicles

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The Boston Convention Center has long been a topic of interest…

Did the 2009 stimulus work?

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Economics21.org provides a graphical representation of the stimulus…

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…

Passion and Fellowship

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Massachusetts charter schools have a strong record in serving…

Kerry should leave lending standards alone

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Our compassionate Sen. John Kerry is at it again, in behalf…

Squishy jobs

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What to make from the latest jobs report? After the April…

Mother Courage

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Earlier this week, I shared a couple of videos introducing…

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…

Smaller, Fewer is Not Better

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While the rest of the US created jobs after the 2001 recession,…

If walls could speak

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Walk into a building and you can already tell a lot about an…

Bob Haynes will leave labor worse than he found it

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Nobody should shed any tears for Bobby Haynes, the longtime president…