Monthly Archives: January 2011

Hearing Monday On “Open Enrollment” Waiver Regulations

Posted on January 4, 2011 by

Last August’s health insurance law included an “open enrollment” provision, although a more helpful name for most people would be calling it the “closed enrollment” provision. The provision closes the individual insurance market except during specified periods of the year. … Continue reading →

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Globe Gets It: Payment reform “right thing to do for the state budget, for businesses, and for the many people struggling to cover their premiums.”

Posted on January 2, 2011 by

Today’s lead editorial in the Boston Globe, “To contain health costs, state should try a new way of paying,” get it right: GOVERNOR PATRICK’S promised push for controls on the rising costs of health care couldn’t come at a better … Continue reading →

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