I spent a fabulous week visiting family in beautiful and caffeinated Portland OR, so I'm a little behind. But this is what's been rattling around my brain ...Beth Israel Deaconess CEO Paul Levy says he's hearing grumbling in some health … [Read more...]
Wal-Mart + SEIU = Universal Health Care?
Strange bedfellows indeed!H. Lee Scott, president and CEO of Wal-Mart joined Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, at a press conference to announce a campaign to win public acceptance for a set of principles … [Read more...]
MA Businessman: Employers should pay MORE towards health insurance
Yeah, this is a few days old ... How about this: A business leader who doesn't like subsidizing non-insuring employers! Go figure.Robert A. Baker , president of the nonprofit Smaller Business Association of New England, said most of his 700 … [Read more...]
Let’s Compare: G.I.C. at $320 premiums
An state official shared that his individual health plan through the G.I.C. (Group Insurance Commission - http://www.mass.gov/...) for state employees costs $320. Hmmmm. How about we say thanks, no thanks to the health plans, and open up … [Read more...]
The unfortunate split in the health care movement
Health Care for All's John McDonough is pumping up the major accomplishments of the new health care law: 100,000 people now have health coverage who didn't have it before the law. I'm thrilled to jump on the bandwagon in celebrating this. … [Read more...]
McNamara column on target: “Insurance law far from cure”
...The one solution not on the table is the one that is the most obvious: Increase the assessment on employers who do not provide health insurance for their workers. The law now requires only that employers of 50 or more people kick in $295 … [Read more...]
Pro-choice? It’s about access.
Seems we should know about what our "pro-choice" state is doing about the young woman who used an ulcer med, Cytotect, to induce a miscarriage last week. For an eloquent commentary on the situation, check out feministing's … [Read more...]
The individual mandate still sucks
Today's Globe reports that over 200,000 MA residents who already have health insurance may have to upgrade their coverage -- i.e., buy a more expensive plan -- in order to avoid being penalized by the All-Knowing And Beneficent State … [Read more...]
MA Health Reform Implementation on NewsNight program Mon. 1/29, 7pm, Channel 14 in Metro Boston
NewsNight with Jim Braude is an evening news program on New England Cable News and will devote the Monday Jan. 29 show at 7pm to an update on implementation of the MA health reform plan known as Chapter 58. There should be a video of … [Read more...]
GBIO: It’s not affordable yet.
The Greater Boston Interfaith Organization has been conducting workshops, asking about people's ability to pay for health insurance, and unsurprisingly they're finding that folks of limited means may well be impoverished by the personal … [Read more...]
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