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…

As Federal Health Law Turns Three, We Should Leverage The Power of Federalism

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As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, aka ObamaCare)…

Pioneer Requests Report That Predicts ACA’s “Extreme Premium Increases”

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Pioneer Files Request for the Administration to Release Its Report…

Health Policy Commission Starts to Pick Winners and Losers

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In a feared (put predicted) outcome, the newly formed Health…

Revolving Door on Beacon Hill, Healthcare Edition

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It often goes unreported, but Beacon Hill does have a wide revolving door…

Who Controls Health Care Costs? Experts Debate

This week, Pioneer hosted its annual Hewitt Health Care Lecture,…

5 Takeaways from the Employer Healthcare Survey in Massachusetts

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CHIA, the healthcare data agency for the Commonwealth, finally…

Data Neglect at Massachusetts’s Data Agency (CHIA/DHCFP)

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The agency responsible for much of the publicly available data…

Mass Connector Up to $180 Million to Change Tires on the Exchange

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The Boston Globe reported on its website yesterday that the…

What is ahead for Chapter 224 in 2013

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In an effort to achieve greater transparency, I decided…

The Great Experiment

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The Great Experiment: The States, the Feds, and Your Healthcare…

STUDY: Obamacare tax to hit middle class in Massachusetts

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While the Affordable Care Act might have taken its inspiration and ideas from the groundbreaking 2006 health care reform law in Massachusetts, the Bay State will not be exempt from some of the costs associated with the federal law.

Impact of the Federal Health Law’s “Cadillac Insurance Tax” in Massachusetts: Thousands of $$$ in New Taxes for Middle-Class Workers

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Thousands of $$$ in New Taxes for Middle-Class Workers by Josh…

Case Study-When Politics Influences Policy: Liberal Health Wonks from Mass

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This afternoon FamiliesUSA released a report from a trifecta…

If Doctors Know the Price, Would It Change Behavior? Essay Contest

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The great folks over at Costs of Care have opened their…

NYT: Medicare Bills Rise as Records Turn Electronic

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The theory of cost savings don't always match what happens in…

Does Health IT Guarantee Better Care & Save Money?

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Given the near universal HIT mandate in Chapter 224 of the…

$14B in Medicare Cuts under ACA for Massachusetts

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During the Presidential race, we have heard a lot about the $716…

Do Patient-Centered Medical Homes Save Money?

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Locally, much has been made about the Massachusetts Patient-Centered…

Change Coming for FSAs? Drop the “Use-it-or-Lose-It” Rule

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HT to Meghan McCarthy at National Journal for the report and…

Rent Seeking in Mass Price Capping Law

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After Moody's issued a credit negative analysis for hospitals…

Medicaid Patient Access in Mass

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Yesterday the Massachusetts Medical Society released its annual…

Moody’s Report: New Mass Price Capping Law “Credit Negative” for Hospitals

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In the soon to be long list of unintended consequences as…

Will Government-Directed Healthcare in Mass. Really Contain Costs?

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Governor Patrick signed a new healthcare law today aimed at cost…

Pioneer’s Statement on “Cost Containment” and Payment Reform Bill

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Another Lost Opportunity to Give Individuals and Businesses…

MA Goes For Top-down Health Care Policies

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Even as “Massachusetts Health Care 2.0” legislation moves to the Governor’s desk for signing, and with it the heavy hand of top-down policies, individuals and companies in many other states are adopting market-based solutions.

ACA Impact on Mass, Part 1: Low-income Residents will Pay More for Healthcare and Insurance

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Affordability/ Subsidy levels for Low-income: How much will individuals…

How SCOTUS ACA/Obamacare Ruling Impacts Mass

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Most of the press coverage has focused on the political angle…

Pulling Back the Curtain on Beacon Hill’s “Healthcare Reform 2.0”

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T-minus 13 days until the end of the legislative session and…

Jon Gruber’s RomneyCare/ObamaCare False Narrative

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This morning, Steve LeBlanc of the Associated Press has another…

Are Fewer People in MA Paying the Indiv Mandate Penalty?

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Since the Supreme Court upheld the ACA/Obamacare, there has…