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Real Competition at the Health Connector?

February 11, 2011 By josh_pioneer

The Connector Board yesterday moved forward with plans to introduce "competition" into the bidding process for insurers selling to those buying coverage within Commonwealth Care (CommCare). CommCare: more than 160,000 residents - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: connector, deval-patrick, health-care, healthcare

SJC rules on health care access: Step One: Health Insurance two step

April 13, 2010 By AmberPaw

Today the SJC ruled in Provencal, or the slip opinion link that if your employer offers health insurance, and pays at least 33% of it, even if you cannot afford that insurance and would have been eligible by income for a subsidized policy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: connector, employer-subsidized-health-insurance, esi, health-care, health-insurance, provencal

Murray’s Prescription for Health Care: Lower Expectations

March 4, 2008 By political-inaction

While that part of her plan is plain old silliness the problem arises with this: Murray's bill will begin "allowing patients to choose nurse practitioners as primary care providers," So what do we really need doctors for anyway? If a nurse … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: connector, health-care, murray

Connector to hike the hell out of premiums and co-pays — 14%!!

February 25, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

Commonwealth Care, the subsidized insurance offered by the state, is likely to get a hell of a lot more expensive this year -- premiums up by 14%, co-pays way up. The ACT!! coalition is leading the action on this -- get your digs in to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: affordability, connector, health-care, massachusetts

Why the personal mandate is in trouble. ($$$)

June 6, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

At TAPPED, Len Nichols makes the case for the personal mandate:So, individual mandates (with subsidies) make markets more efficient and more fair. Then why do some unions and their progressive allies oppose them so strongly? Good question. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: connector, health-care, massachusetts

Connector still goofy to artists

June 5, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

BostonNOW notes that the new health care law uses artists' gross income as their eligibility for subsidized Commonwealth Care, not their net (i.e. minus expenses for supplies and whatnot). Someone named "Eric from the Connector's staff" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: artists, connector, health-care

Health Care: Connector swings and misses

January 20, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

No, no, no, this is not going to work:At today's meeting, the Policy Committee members and the public who attended learned that the average premium for MCC [Minimum Creditable Coverage, the "cheap" option] plans submitted by the State's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: connector, health-care, massachusetts

Connector Authority, it’s up to Patrick

December 1, 2006 By johnk

The Connector Board had another policy meeting yesterday.  After the meeting they posted their Policy Committee Recommendations.  They did detail recommendation for the high end of coverage called the Premier Plan.  Seems … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: connector, mcc

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