For the past few years, there’s been an ongoing discussion about whether or not small businesses get the short end of the stick when it comes to how much they pay for health insurance.  The line goes something like this - “Big businesses bargain hard - because they’re big - and get great deals, while […]

In June, the New England Healthcare Institute published a study called “The Boston Paradox: Lots of Health Care, Not Enough Health.” Basically, the study said that Boston’s status as a world class health care center had not stemmed a rising tide of preventable illnesses and chronic disease throughout the local population.

I bring this study up because […]

I have been, and always will be, a huge fan of Judy Norsigian - the founder and ED of Our Bodies Ourselves.  She recently co-authored an op-ed in the Boston Globe called “The Folly of 1 Percent Policy” that reminded me about why I find her so interesting.  She and her co-author argue that by focusing […]