The staff of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority (CHICA -- has anyone else noticed that acronym yet?) has announced its recommended standards for "affordability" -- i.e., for who has to pay a penalty for not having health … [Read more...]
DiMasi: Get into the GIC
Casey scoops again: Sal trumps Patrick on containing health care costs for municipalities?House Speaker Sal DiMasi has floated the idea of allowing communities to join the state's health insurance plan without first negotiating with unions … [Read more...]
“Sick”
I'm very interested in Jonathan Cohn's new book Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis - and the People Who Pay the Price. This is from the NYT review:In "Sick," Jonathan Cohn, a senior editor at The New Republic, lucidly … [Read more...]
Clinton Touts Universal Health Care
Yesterday's WashPost had an article about Hillary's plans for health care when she's elected. While I generally like the Clintons, I felt like her involvement in the reform efforts of '93/'94 might have been a strategic mistake. … [Read more...]
Charlie Baker’s got a blog
We're very pleased to welcome Charlie Baker, CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and ex-A&F and Human Services Secretary under Welducci, to the blogosphere. (Thanks to Paul Levy for noting this development.) Baker has … [Read more...]
“Hope of health care reform is being crucified”
On this Easter Sunday, Rev. Hurmon Hamilton of Greater Boston Interfaith Organization expresses grave concern that the individual mandate is about to be lowered on individuals who can't afford it:Chapter 58 raised the hopes of the uninsured … [Read more...]
Whipping for the GIC
I agree with Scot Lehigh that moving municipal employees' health care to the Group Insurance Commission is a desirable thing -- even if Kerry Healey also thought so. Health care costs are killing municipal budgets and causing taxes to be … [Read more...]
“It’s the prices, stupid”
Everyone seems to understand that one of the next great challenges of health care reform in MA is getting the cost of care under control. Gov. Patrick mentioned it in the campaign, and at Health Care for All's recent conference. Connector … [Read more...]
UNDERinsured: Have Health Insurance & Still Screwed
http://www.dailykos.... … [Read more...]
Truth is stranger than The Onion (again)
Yuk yuk:'Employees Must Wash Hands' Signs Top Iraqi Hospital Wish ListMAHMOUDIYA, IRAQ—As the tumultuous process of reconstruction continues throughout Iraq, health-care workers are still lacking the basic … [Read more...]
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