Wow!KENNEDY ANNOUNCES NEW NATIONAL HEALTH REFORM ADVISOR WASHINGTON, DC— Senator Edward M. Kennedy announced today that John E. McDonough will join his staff in Washington as a senior advisor for national health reform. Senator … [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...]
Interesting polling on the health care personal mandate
John McDonough points to some interesting, and encouraging findings on the new health care law:Support varies for different elements: 88% support expanded MassHealth coverage for kids; 70% support requiring business to provide health … [Read more...]
Interview: Health Care for All’s John McDonough
2. Personal mandate questions:Even with the subsidies for lower-income folks, aren't we reaching into the pockets of people least able to pay by making them pay for their insurance?The vast majority of folks newly eligible for Commonwealth … [Read more...]
Ambivalently optimistic? Optimistically Ambivalent?
That's how I feel about the health care bill. I'm happy that more people will be covered under MassHealth (est. 92,500 by FY2009) or the new Commonwealth Care program (est. 207,500 by FY09); ambivalent, because the personal mandate … [Read more...]
Trickle-down health care
Health care reform will likely end up in a cash bonanza for area hospitals; <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/04/02/healthcare_reform____with_a_dose_of_profit">Joan Vennochi and <a … [Read more...]
Health Care: All over but the spinning?
John McDonough has a really interesting post on the motivations and machinations of the major players in the health care negotiations, including Our Guv's "attempt" to ditch the employer assessment. I hear that he will now attempt to … [Read more...]
Ask and ye shall receive
Teddy Kennedy is getting involved in the health care negotiations. (Thanks to Andy for the catch.) This was what John McDonough suggested a few days ago, and I reiterated this morning. Teddy's apparently telling everyone to cool it … [Read more...]