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Category Archives: Private Market
Brouhaha Good News Update: De-Merger Averted; Tobacco Surcharge Rejected
Several weeks ago we posted on the controversy over implementing ACA rules on insurance regulations. It can get complex, but the short summary is that when Chapter 58 merged the individual and small group health insurance markets, Massachusetts allowed insurers … Continue reading
Administration Releases Overdue Report On Employers With Workers On Public Health Programs
Friday afternoon, the Center For Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) quietly released their annual “Employers Who Had Fifty Or More Employees Using MassHealth, Commonwealth Care, or the Health Safety Net in State Fiscal Year 2010” report, also known as the … Continue reading
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Esquire: The Man Who Killed Osama bin Laden… Is Screwed (Updated)
Last September we wrote about the crisis of uninsured veterans. A national study we helped with found that 1 in 10 veterans are uninsured (for more statistics, see this amazing graphic, excerpted below): This was brought home today in an … 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
EHB Is The New MCC
State officials have begun the process of determining which health plan will serve as the essential health benefits (EHB) benchmark plan for Massachusetts. The EHB refers to the set of services that many health plans will be required to cover … Continue reading
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Lower Copays Create Better Patient Outcomes
A recent study from the New England Journal of Medicine indicates that the simple strategy of eliminating copayments may improve the quality of health outcomes for patients. The study, supported by the Commonwealth Fund, concludes that patients discharged from the … Continue reading
Blue Cross / Tufts Medical Center Impasse – Who’s Looking Out for the Patients?
Today’s announcement that Tufts Medical Center and its physicians at the New England Quality Care Alliance (NEQCA), and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts hit a contracting impasse (see coverage from WBUR, and this personal story, and the Globe story), … Continue reading
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More Stories of Closed Enrollment Crazyness
HCFA received many inquiries from last month’s original open enrollment blog post. We were right – a lot of education on the state’s closed enrollment situation needs to happen, not only for consumers, but also to all players in the … 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
Must See Video, Yes. But Important Policy Meaning For Us, Too.
Both WBUR’s CommonHealth and the Globe’s White Coat Notes have appropriately linked to this wonderful, creative and smart video, created by Gregory Warner of Marketplace. But there’s an important policy implication for us that the video illustrates. Massachusetts used to … Continue reading
