Tufts Health Plan says forward -- into the paaasssst ...Link:Tufts Health Plan is trying to revive the company by returning toold-fashioned managed care: The insurer has put its own nurses intohospitals to monitor patient stays and is … [Read more...]
Archives for August 28, 2005
Traffic on Blue Mass. Group
A regular reader posted a comment asking how many visitors Blue Mass. Group receives, and I thought other readers might be interested as well. These numbers are of course approximate because they're based entirely on the cookies that … [Read more...]
Well, that was quick!
Two days after the Globe published the results of the Justice Department's investigation into the questionable work habits of US Marshal Anthony Dichio, he has been fired. No surprise about the final result, really; the Globe's report … [Read more...]
DiMasi: “Barriage” unlikely
The game's not over, but we may be heading into the late innings: Sal DiMasi has deemed "unlikely" the passage of the "barriage" constitutional amendment (i.e. Travaglini-Lees). The anti-marriage groups and Governor … [Read more...]
2nd Middlesex: Candidates on fast-forward
So, Channel 4 gave the four candidates 25 minutes to debate, and they all raced through four or five issues, all speaking very fast, except Jehlen. There were really no surprises. These are my initial and superficial impressions, which you … [Read more...]
Health hazard
Health Care for All points to an important and typically terse article in the New Yorker by Malcolm Gladwell, the author of The Tipping Point and Blink. Gladwell essentially studies how people make decisions, as a group and as … [Read more...]