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Category Archives: National Health Reform
What Santorum Means
This exchange from last Thursday’s Florida Republican debate was the most extensive discussion of health care so far in the primary season: Romney gave a cogent, articulate defense of Massachusetts health reform (which of course goes just as well for … Continue reading
[UPDATED] Covering All Legal Immigrants: Not $150 million this year, and not after next year, either
The state SJC just ordered the state to restore full Commonwealth Care coverage for legal immigrants. What’s it going to cost? For lots of people, the $30 billion state budget is just lots of unimaginable big numbers. But for those … Continue reading
Some More Holiday Reading (non-comic book edition)
For the quiet week coming up, the Blue Cross Foundation and Mass Medicaid Policy Institute released some good wonkness to read and learn from. We’re so fortunate as a policy community to have these institutions supplying high-quality materials to further … Continue reading
Gruber’s Health Care Reform Comic Book (no, Graphic Novel): A Review
[Note: HCFA Policy Coordinator Paul Williams is our resident comic book guy, and he penned this review of Connector Board member Jon Gruber's new comic book, Health Care Reform.] Peanut butter and chocolate, macaroni and cheese, Batman and Robin, all … Continue reading
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To BHP or not to BHP? That is the Question.
Today, Secretary Bigby convened the fifth in a series of stakeholder meetings to discuss Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation in Massachusetts (see slides from today’s meeting). One of the big ACA decisions facing state policymakers is what subsidized insurance coverage … Continue reading
Must Reading: Berwick’s Reply
In a talk at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement annual forum this week, Don Berwick encapsulated his wisdom of how health care change can happen, his rage at the politics and cynicism that accompanied his work at CMS, and his … Continue reading
The Herald’s Flip Flop
It’s amusing to read a Herald columnist fulminate about a state agency showing flexibility and respectfully treating people as individuals. It’s even more amusing to recall the Herald’s editorial position on the individual mandate. Before the mandate became part of … Continue reading
News Flash: ACA Modeled on Chapter 58!! (Video Update)
We’ve always known, and been mighty proud, of the role Massachusetts health reform played in providing a test bed for national reform. As the RomneyCare/ObamaCare political wars heat up (see post below), NBC investigative reporter Michael Isikoff pulled White House … Continue reading
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HCFA Says No To Medicaid Cuts in Springfield Republican
Sunday’s Springfield Republican included an op-ed by HCFA Executive Director Amy Whitcomb Slemmer, calling on Washington’s deficit reduction “Super Committee” to reject cuts in Medicaid and other health programs for the vulnerable. Springfield’s Congressman Richard Neal is a senior member … Continue reading
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A federal escape valve for closed enrollment
Today I spoke with a man who has been put into a desperate situation caused by a hole in our health care system. Jim has been on Commonwealth Care for the past couple of years. He recently completed an annual … Continue reading
