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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Health Reform is Good for Massachusetts: Helping More People Get Affordable Coverage
The number one reason millions of American lack health insurance is they cannot afford it. In Massachusetts, our health reform law has enabled hundreds of thousands of previously uninsured residents to get affordable, quality health coverage. However, sliding scale subsidies … Continue reading
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National health reform is good for Massachusetts
Please Join Health Care For All and community leaders as we unite together in support of national health care reform. Along with patients, religious leaders, hospitals, health centers, providers, and the business community, Health Care For All will highlight why … Continue reading
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Comings and Goings
This winter we bid a fond farewell to Anya Rader Wallack of the Mass Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI). In her role at MMPI, Anya provided a clear vision on many issues including MassHealth and health reform, but most recently driving … Continue reading
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Found money! – Help Seniors!
The federal government announced that Massachusetts will no longer be required to make $132.7 million in scheduled payments to offset the cost of Medicare prescription drug coverage for those who are eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. Check out the Globe story … Continue reading
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National health reform is good for Massachusetts
HCFA will be posting a blog-a-day about why national health reform is good for Massachusetts. These posts will include personal stories from people who have benefited from our state’s health reform law and how national health reform can help millions … Continue reading
QCC Meets: Transitions and Cost Trends Top Agenda
This week the Massachusetts Health Care Quality and Cost Council (QCC) convened its monthly meeting to discuss approving a plan to improve coordination in health care transitions and to hear summary and analysis from the Division of Health Care Finance … Continue reading
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Thanks South Hadley! Oral Health Forum Brought new Stakeholders to the Table
Last week, parents, educators, pediatricians, and dentists gathered at the Criterion Rise and Shine Academy in South Hadley to talk about oral health, fluoride varnish, and current oral health legislation in Massachusetts and in their own community. Representative John Scibak … Continue reading
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Consequences of Failure
Check out Yesterday’s Berkshire Eagle Op-ed penned by HCFA’s very own Board Chair and North Adams Ecu-Health Care ED, Charles Joffe-Halpern.
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National health reform is good for Massachusetts
Starting today, HCFA will be posting a blog-a-day about why national health reform is good for Massachusetts. These posts will include personal stories from people who have benefited from our state’s health reform law and how national health reform can … Continue reading
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DHCFP Releases Chapter 305 Cost Trends Reports
Yesterday, the DHCFP released three eagerly anticipated reports on what is driving health care costs in Massachusetts. (That makes 7 reports so far out of Chapter 305…and there are still more to come.) These reports, required under Chapter 305 … Continue reading
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