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Monthly Archives: October 2006
Market Merger Commission to Meet on Thursday
The Commission on the Small/Nongroup market merger will meet this Thursday, 10 to 11:30am at the Division of Insurance at One South Station. Check out the Agenda below. Doesn’t look as enlightening as earlier meetings, though still worth attending to … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care Market, MA Health Reform
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More Warnings about Low-Cost Health Plans
One week after the Attorney General’s office filed suit against MEGA Life, more examples of the failures of low cost/minimal benefit plans are emerging. Christopher Rowland’s article in today’s Globe details hardships inflicted on subscribers of those plans. High deductibles … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care Market, MA Health Reform
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HLA Recommendations on New MassHealth Citizenship Requirements
HCFA’s indefatigable law firm — Health Law Advocates — has submitted recommendations to MassHealth to ensure minimal disrupture of eligibility due to the new federal requirements for citizenship documentation. This summary was provided by HLA’s Sara Pic Harrison: A new … Continue reading
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Gruber on RAND and the Role of Co-Payments
The Kaiser Family Foundation released a new report today on “The Role of Consumer Co-Payments for Health Care: Lessons from the RAND Health Insurance Experiment and Beyond.” The report was written by MIT economist Jonathan Gruber. Faithful followers of this … Continue reading
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FamsUSA Report: MA Premiums Rose 6.4X Faster than Earnings — ’00 to ’06
New report out yesterday from FamiliesUSA — click here to get full report. Here are press release excerpts: Health care premiums rose an estimated 6.4 times faster than earnings for MA working families from 2000 to 2006. In that six-year … Continue reading
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Governor Signs Health Reform Technical Bill
Gov. Romney signed the technical corrections bill into law this past Thursday. As legislators indicated all along, it’s strictly non-substantive and non-controversial changes to Chapter 58 signed last April. The new law is chapter 324; and will be online here: … Continue reading
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PA Legislature Approves Children’s Health Expansion
News from this past week from the Kaiser Daily Brief: The Pennsylvania House on Tuesday voted 176-19 to approve a compromise bill that would expand eligibility for the state’s SCHIP program to thousands more children. Under the bill, children of … Continue reading
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“The Pace Is About to Accelerate:” Notes from the Connector Board’s 1st Annual Meeting
At the Connector Board’s first annual meeting today in Andover, CEO Jon Kingsdale called the Connector Authority a “tough, start-up, competitive business enterprise,” and warned board members “the pace is about the accelerate.” Kingsdale outlined 13 key decisions and initiatives … Continue reading
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Tommy Thompson: 20 states will have ind. mandate, + our health plans are the best
Two interesting items in today’s news: 1. Kaisernetwork Health Policy Report reports that former federal HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson “told reporters that states likely will take the lead on health care reform in the absence of federal action, CQ HealthBeat … Continue reading
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Connector Details: An Annual Meeting and a Public Hearing
Two piece of news today from the Connector Authority: First, the Saturday Connector Board “retreat” will now be the Authority’s annual meeting and it will be open to the public. Second, the Connector Board will hold a public hearing on … Continue reading
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