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Category Archives: Health Care Politics
About Last Night’s Question
HCFA is a 501(c)3, so we don’t endorse candidates or take positions on partisan electoral issues. So we need to be careful in our commentary on last night’s debate between Senate candidates Gabriel Gomez and Ed Markey, including their answers … Continue reading
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Reflections on the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
Today marks the 40th the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. As I reflect on what that means for me personally and for women across the country, I am struck that even … Continue reading
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Elizabeth Warren Named to US Senate Health Committee
Today the US Senate majority Democrats announced their committee assignments for the next Congress. While lots of attention was heaped on the appointment of Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren to the Banking Committee, we were thrilled to learn that she also … Continue reading
Call on Globe For A Correction: Obamacare REDUCES the Federal Deficit
Did you see the Globe’s Sunday Metro-front box, on the key positions of Senate candidates Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren? Did you catch the huge mistake, in the very first line? Under the issue topic “deficit” (which is shorthand for … Continue reading
We Need To Defend The ACA
Last Friday, HCFA hosted a conference call to discuss the Supreme Court decision on the ACA and its implications for both Massachusetts and the nation at large. The key takeaway from the call? The Affordable Care Act needs to be … Continue reading
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Meet Mary Flynn from Brewster
I want you all to meet Mary Flynn from Brewster, Massachusetts. Awhile back, she called our HelpLine because she was having problems with COBRA and needed health insurance. As the Supreme Court takes a closer look at Massachusetts’s health reform, … Continue reading
Romney’s Rock and Hard Place
MSNBC guest host Ezra Klein had a good story last night on Romney’s political dilemma, featuring economist and Connector Board member Jonathan Gruber. As evidence spreads of the success of Massachusetts health reform, Romney can’t acknowledge or take credit for … Continue reading
Massachusetts: Best Friends of the Court
As the nation awaits the fate of the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) slated to go before the United States Supreme Court late next month, Attorney General Martha Coakley jump-started the debate with a recent trip to Washington. On Thursday, … Continue reading
The Task of Massachusetts: Spreading the Word About Reform
WaPo Wonkblog’s Sarah Kliff found this group of questions about chapter 58 included the latest Harris poll on health reform attitudes. The poll itself found modest increases in public support for the components of the ACA, with the exception of … Continue reading
Thanks, Barney
Barney Frank was and is a fierce defender of health care. Losing his voice in Congress will leave a big hole. I’ve followed Barney’s career since working in Congress with a close colleague of his in the early 80s, and … Continue reading
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