health care reform

Hewitt Health Care Lecture 2013: “Who Controls Health Care Costs? And How?” featuring Harvard economist David Cutler and Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Avik Roy. March 6, 2013 Joseph B. Martin Conference Center Harvard Medical School

http://www.governing.com/blogs/politics/gov-massachusetts-tackles-health-care-reform-again.html Now that the Supreme Court has closed the book on the first phase of health-care reform with its decision to uphold President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Massachusetts is poised to kick off phase 2 — and like...

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2012/0710/Health-care-reform-How-has-the-individual-mandate-worked-in-Massachusetts There was a moment some 5-1/2 years ago when Peter Kastner looked at his monthly health-insurance bills and wondered whether breaking the law might make more sense. He and his wife were using a high-deductible plan with a $400 monthly premium,...

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2012/05/11/massachusetts-health-care-reform-record-time/ If you blinked over the past seven days, you might have missed the roll-out of two major pieces of legislation that will dramatically restructure health care delivery in Massachusetts.  While the Governor put his proposal out more than a year ago,...

http://www.wbur.org/2012/03/29/mass-scotus-health BOSTON — The fate of President Obama’s health care overhaul now lies in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court and observers aren’t expecting a decision until this summer. The unprecedented combination of health care policy and legal theory has kept...

This post was co-written by Michael Morisy. During this year’s budget debate, Pioneer asked many questions about the reality behind optimistic health care cost predictions which, if flawed, could leave the state facing a $900 million budget hole next year alone. The...

This op-ed ran in the Boston Business Journal Friday September 2, 2011. Boston’s Children’s Hospital was recently recognized as the nation’s top hospital for children by U.S. News and World Report. But what will Obamacare and Gov. Patrick’s “Phase II” state health...

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts held a forum in Boston recently on Vermont’s efforts to move towards single payer. A few takeaways. 1) Using the data and criteria cited at the forum,  every state should be moving towards a...