health connector

May 11, 2015

Press Release: Whistleblowers’ Behind-the-Scenes Account of Health Connector Meltdown

UPDATE: Read news coverage of this report in The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, MassLive,  WBUR‘s RadioBoston, State House News Service, WRKO’s Howie Carr Show, NECN’s “Broadside.” and in a nationally syndicated column by Michelle Malkin. New Study Details Whistleblowers’...
November 7, 2014

Boston Herald: To-do List for New Governor to Fix Health Site

By Josh Archambault and Eric Dahlberg. This op-ed originally appeared in the Boston Herald on Nov. 7, 2014. Our state health insurance exchange’s failed website will be one of the major headaches that Charlie Baker’s administration will inherit. Massachusetts’ first-in-the-nation Health Connector...
September 25, 2014

The Ugly Truth About State Healthcare Costs

Last week, Pioneer Institute released a report showing that the cost of transitioning to an Affordable Care Act-compliant health insurance exchange is likely to top $1 billion over two years. The figure includes $540 million in 2014 for a new transitional Medicaid program...
September 17, 2014

Deval's Big Dig: Responding to the Governor on Connector Report

When we talk about the Big Dig, we talk in big, round numbers. Why?  Because it cost gobs of money. You can debate whether it was worth it, and for years we did. Journalists dug into the story. Careers were dashed and...
September 17, 2014

Study: $1B Price Tag for ACA Health Exchange & New Medicaid Program in Mass.

Study: $1 Billion Price Tag for ACA Health Exchange & New Medicaid Program in Massachusetts Over half due to two-year cost of switch to new ACA website at the Connector BOSTON – The cost of transitioning to an Affordable Care Act compliant health...
June 15, 2012

Navigating the health care maze

http://www.telegram.com/article/20120613/NEWS/120619803/1052/newsrewind Even a self-described data nerd like Peter Kim was nearly undone by his hunt for health insurance. Kim left the corporate world in 2005 to become an independent consultant, losing employer-sponsored insurance for his family of four. But researching individual health...