Healthcare Cost Control

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Senate President Murray presented her ideas about controlling…

Progressive idea? Regressive in practice

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That health care benefits are provided through employers for…

Minute Clinics are coming

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This space has been a supporter of in-store limited service clinics…

Science giveth and science taketh away

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The ethical controversy surrounding embryonic stem cells engendered…

An Interesting Idea — Behind the Counter Medications

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A recent op-ed in the LA Times calls for certain medications…

Murray’s Healthcare Moment

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The prospect for dynamic reform on Beacon Hill seemed slight…

Dear critic, Do you or don’t you

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support the Massachusetts Health Care Reform? We get the question…

News flash – healthcare costs are rising fast

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Thought I would remind you of that just in case you forgot. The…

Mass Health Care, USA

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Mitt Romney is now doubling back to health care after his symbolic…

Counterintuitive Thoughts on Healthcare Costs

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Back in October, we released a paper on business costs in Massachusetts.…

Let the handwringing begin…

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CVS has sought state permission to open MinuteClinics in a number…

What Glenn gets wrong – Ed Reform and progress (3 of 4)

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I remember a rally in front of the State House when my daughter…

What Glenn glosses over – GIC and better coverage for teachers (2 of 4)

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Odd that, in his letter to the Globe editor (6/30/07), Glenn…

Where Glenn Koocher agrees – GIC cost sharing (1 of 4)

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In a letter to the Globe editor yesterday, it seems that Glenn…

They call it Pioneer Valley for a reason, 1

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One of the standout winners at the 2007 Better Government Competition…

Tooting My Own Horn – Biotech Edition

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Pioneer has had a lot to say about the Governor's biotech proposal…

Two-fer from the Globe

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Yesterday's editorial in the Globe on the Governor's veering…

Baker-Levy Smackdown, Part Two

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Paul Levy runs Beth Israel, an academic medical center (and a…

Who will improve our health care blues?

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Today's Globe editorial lays out the health care riffs of the…

More budget minutiae

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A close reading of the Outside Sections in the Senate Ways and…

BAKER – LEVY HEALTHCARE SMACKDOWN!!!!!

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Ok, maybe that's a bit dramatic. Or a lot dramatic, but interesting…

Budget Minutiae – Part 2 of a 700 part series

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More interesting fun with amendments and earmarks -- What if…

Rationalizing Health and Human Services

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Author: Charles D. Baker, Jr. The proposal to rationalize…

An Economic History of Health Care in Massachusetts 1990-2000

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Author: Jerome H. Grossman, M.D. This report examines the…

Nonprofit to For-Profit Conversions in Health Care

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Privatization is a term that has triggered passionate debate…