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• Massachusetts Employer Coverage Success Cited in Senate Health Reform Bill

  —A Healthy Blog

  Is the individual mandate unconstitutional? Experts say no, but the far right keeps claiming the mandate goes beyond the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce. The Senate health reform bill includes a section to make the case that the mandate is allowed, and cites the experience of Massachusetts to [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:27am EST
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• What’s the Picture for Artists Three Years after Health Reform?

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  The Massachusetts Artists Foundation recently released a report assessing the impact of state health reform on professional artists. The report, Stand Up and Be Counted: A Survey of Massachusetts Artists on Their Work Lives, Socioeconomic Status, Access to Healthcare, and Medical and Non-Medical Debt (pdf) compiles extensive survey data from 3,145 [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:58am EST
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• Millions for Botox, but not one cent ...

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  Millions for Botox, but not one cent for flu shots - Real Clear Markets: "Health reform's moral hazard" [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 8:54pm EST
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• Y'know if Martha Coakley wants to "decry"

  —Chimes at Midnight

  the loathsome use of pregnancy as a "pre-existing condition" in the current health reform bill, well more power to her.
  It is an open primary for an open seat and everyone has to set terms with respect to the current health care debate
  After all, not one month ago, [...]

  Posted: November 10, 2009, 1:00pm EST
  

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• Thanksgiving is Now — House Health Reform Vote

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  All 10 members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation voted for the House health bill last night (see national voting chart). Now they need to hear our gratitude and appreciation. It’s time for thanks-giving. We are proud that health reform is based on the Massachusetts template and our success has given Washington [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 11:18am EST
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• Who Care for the Caregivers?

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  The Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI), in collaboration with Amy Lischko of the Department of Public health and Community Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, released findings from a survey of eldercare and disability services employers. The study, Coverage for Caregivers: Lessons from Massachusetts Health Reform, examines the impact of [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 6:20pm EST
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• Teabagging, Health Reform and "Indivisible"

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  Lots of activity today with health care reform.  Major endorsements by the AARP and AMA for the health care reform bill.  The AARP endorsement should help in alleviating fears of seniors based on the misinformation being pushed by Republicans.  Plus word that the CBO's initial scoring of [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 3:52pm EST
  

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• Myths and Facts on Comparative Effectiveness Research

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  The National Partnership for Women & Families has produced a very informative fact sheet about Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER). It defines CER and then lays out some of the myths, with corresponding responses. The federal government put money toward CER in the stimulus bill and national health reform will most [...]

  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:20pm EST
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• Health Reform Lowers Costs for Individuals - in MA Now, and Soon Nationally

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  We hear it over and over - “Massachusetts has the highest insurance premiums in the country. Health reform did a great job at expanding access, but it did nothing for costs.” Yes, but . . . As the DOI begins its look at the high cost of health insurance here, focusing [...]

  Posted: November 02, 2009, 11:29pm EST
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• Band-Aid on open heart surgery

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  Tort "reform" is one of the Republican's favorite health reform. But of course it's not really a health reform. Its purpose is to allow large corporations to escape financial responsibility for their actions.
  
  You thought it was about doctors and nurses!? Don't be naive.
  
  You thought it' [...]

  Posted: October 31, 2009, 12:02pm EDT
  

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• Crucial Dental Benefits for Adults on MassHealth SAVED!

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  Health Care For All and the Oral Health Advocacy Task Force applauds the Governor’s continued support for health reform, including oral health. Although he faced many difficult decisions as he fought to balance the budget, and are grateful that he has preserved adult dental benefits in MassHealth. Oral health is [...]

  Posted: October 30, 2009, 4:23pm EDT
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• Choosing your opponent

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  So the DNC is attacking Sarah Palin for the bullshit she has posted on Facebook:
  A few months back, Palin took to Facebook to declare that health reform would create "death panels," and drive private insurers out of business -- and nonpartisan fact-check sites and the independent Congressional Budget [...]

  Posted: October 30, 2009, 10:35am EDT
  

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• Read All The Reports

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  Lots of interesting reports out in the past few days looking at Massachusetts health care access. Individually, each presents a slightly different picture, based on what they looked at and how they looked at it. One theme is that while Massachusetts health reform has done a remarkable job of increasing [...]

  Posted: October 26, 2009, 11:55pm EDT
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• Reducing Medical Errors through National Health Reform

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  National health reform legislation includes some quality of care provisions but, as a Hearst newspapers article points out, none of the federal bills requires medical error reporting and only one (the House bill) requires public reporting of healthcare-associated infections. This is despite the fact that 10 years ago the Institute [...]

  Posted: October 23, 2009, 1:29pm EDT
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• Docs Dig Reform

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  In yet another data point in the category of health reform’s success, Massachusetts doctors support the Commonwealth’s health reform! Bob Blendon of the Harvard School of Public Health in conjunction with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, published yesterday a survey [...]

  Posted: October 22, 2009, 8:46pm EDT
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• 4th Annual Connector Board Retreat

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  This past Saturday, October 17th, the Connector Board held its fourth annual retreat, with the following agenda: Introduction & State Finances State Financial Outlook CommCare FY10 Update Integration of CommCare & CommChoice Long Range Planning National Health Reform Payment Reform (Global Payments) New ANF Secretary Jay Gonzalez ably chaired the retreat, thoughtful and soft-spoken, with all other [...]

  Posted: October 20, 2009, 4:17pm EDT
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• Joint Committee on Public Health to Hold Legislative Hearing Tomorrow

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  The Joint Committee on Public Health will hold a hearing tomorrow in State House Room B-1 at 10am. The topic for tomorrow’s session is Health Insurance and Financing; testimony on approximately 20 bills will be accepted. Two priority HCFA bills, An Act Strengthening Health Reform (S.873/H.4258) and An Act Ensuring Access [...]

  Posted: October 19, 2009, 4:31pm EDT
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• Monday morning links

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  Obama’s $787 Billion Stimulus “Created or Saved” 20 Jobs in Connecticut, 28 Jobs in Vermont & 22 Jobs in New Hampshire

  
  

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  The bill creates a new health entitlement program that [...]

  Posted: October 19, 2009, 7:36am EDT
  

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