MBTAAnalysis: A look inside the MBTA

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The MBTA shuttles over a million passengers a day around Greater…

The Clock is Ticking…….

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The clock is ticking towards December 30, 2017.  As part of…

Gov. Patrick’s Regulatory Regime for Payment Reform

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This was the testimony I submitted today to the Joint Committee…

Maine Moving on Health Care

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An interesting experiment is about to be unleashed in one of…

Massachusetts Medicaid “Savings” in Trouble?

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The New York Times reports In a new effort to increase access…

Connector Saving Taxpayer Money

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On this blog-- and in the press-- I have often been critical…

Governor Deval Patrick’s Missing Chapter on Transparency

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Governor Deval Patrick's new autobiography, "A Reason to Believe:…

Gov Patrick Confused on Economics on “Daily Show”

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Governor Patrick was on Comedy Central's "Daily Show" Tuesday…

Romney Gets ALL the Credit for RomneyCare?

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Today is the 5th anniversary of the signing of Chapter 58 (health…

Labor leader in a glass house

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Talk about throwing stones from a glass house. Robert Haynes,…

Gilded benefits clash with ‘fair share’

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Public employee unions leaders love to talk about “fair share”…

A way to bend the cost curve up

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Minimum staffing provisions in public sector union contracts…

Health Care Econ-101 For Governor

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During an appearance on WTKK-FM today, Governor Patrick dipped…

CMS Ignites ACO (Accountable Care Organizations) Debate

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Today the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)…

Medicaid’s Drug Problem: $329 million a year

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I have blogged before about the problems that we have here…

FactCheck.org: ‘RomneyCare’ Facts and Falsehoods

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A reporter from FactCheck.org visited Pioneer's office a couple…

Obamacare superstar sales team goes missing

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Here’s yet more evidence that, in the year since Nancy Pelosi…

Report Urges Reforms to Massachusetts Connector

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Pioneer Institute lays out seven steps to correct the Connector’s over-reliance on revenue generated from subsidized insurance products, and aid the small business community.

VIDEO DEBATE: Obamacare One Year Out

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With the one year anniversary of the passage and signing of the…

WSJ: “The Massachusetts Health-Reform Mess” Swing and Miss

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The late John Calfee, has an opinion piece in the WSJ this morning…

“For small businesses, a hesitancy to hire”

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An illustrative piece in the Boston Globe today by Megan Woolhouse…

Real Competition at the Health Connector?

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The Connector Board yesterday moved forward with plans to introduce…

Governor Patrick’s Budget on Health Care: Playing Around the Edges

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Medicaid (MassHealth) The Administration is feeling the heat…

Feds plug the Money Hole in Massachusetts Health Reform?

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To close the loop from an earlier post on federal money being…

Troubling Cost Trends in Massachusetts Health Care

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Two trends that might determine the long term success of health…

Health $ Elbow Out Kids, Cops and Trees

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Just wanted to share a dramatic graph from a recent Boston Foundation…

Payment Reform: No Government Mandate Needed

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The move in the health sector towards payment reform took a big…

Decrease Insurance Premiums or You’ll Be Sleeping with the Fishes

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A study released this morning may lay out the possible future…

Ryan & Rivlin on containing health care costs

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This week's Economist has an article worth reading on the various…

Massachusetts Health Care Transparency: Bright Enough Spotlight?

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Massachusetts officials published online this week a database…

Pioneer Senior Fellow on PBS's NewsHour

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Pioneer's Senior Fellow on Health Care, Amy Lischko, was interviewed…

Health Care Costs Crushing States– Is the Solution to Drop out of Medicaid?

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The headline says it all. “States' Woes Spur Medicaid Drop-Out…