Monthly Archives: April 2006

Questions Not Asked in the Gubernatorial Debate

Posted on April 23, 2006 by

Watching this morning’s Democratic gubernatorial debate, couldn’t help notice, not a word about health care or the new health reform law. I know Jon Keller invited questions and I failed to respond, better late than never and maybe next time: … Continue reading →

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Watch What They Do — Not What They Say

Posted on April 22, 2006 by

Back in January, when the Maryland Legislature was considering whether to override a gubernatorial veto of the so-called “Wal-Mart bill” — which requires that for-profit employers with 10,000+ workers have to pay at least 8% of gross payroll on health … Continue reading →

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Connect with C-SPAN, National Press Club Event on MA Health Reform

Posted on April 20, 2006 by

A fine summary of Tuesday’s C-SPAN event in today’s Kaiser Daily Briefing: State lawmakers on Tuesday at a Washington, D.C., forum sponsored by Families USA discussed the recently a pproved Massachusetts health insurance law, which includes mandates for individuals to … Continue reading →

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See Who Likes the New MA Health Reform Law…

Posted on April 19, 2006 by

Read between the lines and see a notable point of agreement between Shalala and Thompson (from today’s Kaiser Daily Briefing): Former HHS Secretaries Donna Shalala and Tommy Thompson on Monday discussed the future of U.S. health care at a conference … Continue reading →

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New Report on MA Health Reform by Community Catalyst

Posted on April 18, 2006 by

HCFA’s national partner, Community Catalyst, has published a first rate, balanced, and informative overview of the new Massachusetts health reform law. Click here to obtain. Massachusetts Health Reform: What It Does, How It Was Done, Challenges Ahead was written by … Continue reading →

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Burning Question 1: Will Employers Pay $295 and Drop Coverage?

Posted on April 18, 2006 by

We’re hearing it from many quarters. Judy Meredith asked me to address it. Under health reform, employers who cover their workers and have 11 or more full-time equivalent workers must pay a $295 per worker annual assessment to the state … Continue reading →

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Can They Be Talking about the Same Law? Adventures in Post Modernism II

Posted on April 17, 2006 by

Sunday’s Globe had a well written op-ed by Dem State Committee Chair Phil Johnston and Blue Cross Foundation Pres. Nancy Turnbull promoting the new health reform statute. Here’s a snippet: For political liberals like us, who have long embraced employer … Continue reading →

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More on the New Medicaid Citizenship Requirement

Posted on April 15, 2006 by

Great piece in today’s NY Times on the chaos that may be caused by the new requirement that all Medicaid enrollees must provide documentation of US citizenship to stay in the program, beginning on July 1, 2006. It’s not just … Continue reading →

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Today’s NYT Editorial Gets It Right on MA Health Reform

Posted on April 15, 2006 by

In the huge volume of writing on the MA health reform law, today’s New York Times editorial gets it as well as anything else I’ve read: The federal government has done such a miserable job of providing health insurance for … Continue reading →

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To the Winner Go the Spoils — Meet David Massey V

Posted on April 15, 2006 by

Meet the winner of the first Healthy Blog contest — David Massey V (yes, the fifth!). Good genes in that family. Edging out all the smart and sophisticated readers of this blog was David, 16 (“almost 17″), Brookline High junior. … Continue reading →

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