Another Greater Boston Interfaith Organization .pdf, drawn up in conjunction with the Business Leaders for Real Health Reform, describes the employer mandate thusly:The $160 million employer tax is eliminated.Firms with 10 employees or … [Read more...]

So, Our Guv has decided to postpone his decision about whether to run for re-election until after the health care debate shakes out. Supposedly that makes him "more relevant" to the discussion. But as the Jim Braude interview made … [Read more...]

The Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO) has written up a nice comparison sheet (.pdf) between the House and Senate health care plans. The third column is apparently what GBIO plans to push for in conference committee. Their … [Read more...]

With today's news that Illinois has just enacted a program that will make affordable health insurance readily available to every child in the state, the pressure is (or should be) on Massachusetts lawmakers to take similarly bold … [Read more...]

Some useful health care links: HealthCareforMass.org discusses the proposed Health Care Constitutional Amendment. MassDefendHealthCare.org is the website for The Alliance to Defend Health Care (formerly the Ad Hoc Committee): "Bringing … [Read more...]

Earlier today, David did a terrific job of running down the six health care op-eds in the Globe today.  I have nothing to add to David's takedown of the hapless Christopher Anderson, except to agree that Anderson's column was a factual … [Read more...]

The Globe published a nice collection of six short op-eds on health care today, each from a different perspective.  The authors are Gerald Algere (a businessman and board member of Greater Boston Interfaith Organization), Charlie Baker … [Read more...]

Senator Mark Montigny (D-New Bedford) has sponsored an amendment to the Senate health care bill expanding access to MassHealth. Increased access is, after all, the whole point of this exercise.From Health Care for All's email, the amendment … [Read more...]

I was talking with a friend last night who reads the blog, and he asked, "So, are you guys for or against the health care plan?" And others have called our reaction to the House plan "lukewarm." Well, there are good … [Read more...]

Election day today: Get out and vote. Tell us what you see.***Here's Adam Reilly's burning questions on the Boston City Council race.***The health care juggernaut rumbles on: Trav has not taken his own advice to go easy. The Senate will … [Read more...]