Connecting with small businesses?

State House News Service (subscription required) reports that the Commonwealth Connector, the state authority that oversees the health care exchange envisioned in the 2006 reform, is “launch[ing] a new health insurance product designed for businesses with 50 or fewer employees.”

That’s fast. Pioneer’s report, Drawing Lessons, which compared the Utah and Massachusetts “exchanges” found that, in author Amy Lischko’s words,

“Some decisions made while implementing the exchange model in Massachusetts, for example, have meant that the Connector has not met the needs of small employers in Massachusetts well.”

Small businesses wanting to know more, can go to www.MAhealthconnector.org, or call Connector customer service at 877-623-6765.

And, good on you, Dr. Kingsdale. We’re pleased to see it and will look over the new products!