Live Blogging the first meeting of the “Joint Select Committee on Health Care Reform Opportunities and Implementation”
*Start at the bottom and read up 3:05: Adjournment. No date set for the next meeting, and really, why bother? The committee sees its role very clearly: the soon-to-be outgoing […]
Read More →Price Shop When Using Health Care
Today’s Maine Sunday Telegram has a story by John Richardson about the wide price differences charged at various providers for the same health care procedure. The story includes a great […]
Read More →Democrat Summary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Read the full report | The Democratic Party’s summary of the health care reform bill.
Read More →Republican Summary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Read the full report | The Republican Summary of the heath care reform bill.
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Senate Finance Committee: Skating on Potomac River Ice in the Middle of a “Snowe” Storm
It never ceases to amaze me how the busiest woman in Washington remains so accessible. Just this week alone, I am aware of 8-10 hours of direct Washington senior staff […]
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Maine’s Uninsured Rate Higher than Pre-Dirigo and Second Highest in New England
The U.S. Census Bureau last week released updated information on the number of uninsured people in Maine. Maine’s number of uninsured is now 21,000 higher than pre-Dirigo (2004) and the […]
Read More →1 in 9 Privately Insured Have an HSA
According to a new survey by United Benefit Advisors Inc, an employee benefit advisory company, enrollment in Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) has almost doubled in the past year. Now 11% of those […]
Read More →Massachusetts Health Plan Update – High Costs, Mixed Results
After the first year of Massachusetts’ RomneyCare health reform, the public is seeing the effectiveness of the plan that has an individual and employer mandate combined with a Medicaid expansion and […]
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