About a week ago, I spoke on a panel at the annual convention of the New England Human Resource Association with a fellow by the name of Ron Leopold. Ron’s an MD who currently serves as a Vice President at MetLife. He gave a very interesting presentation, and included some fascinating national employer and employee […]

This morning, U.S. News & World Report and the National Committee for Quality Assurance released their third annual “America’s best health plans” list*. Harvard Pilgrim, for the third year in a row, finished first in the country. Three surveys — three #1 finishes. Pretty cool.

Every health plan takes a lot of heat about what’s wrong […]

This morning Massachusetts Senate President Terry Murray gave a very comprehensive speech before the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce on the state of the Massachusetts economy. She talked about a number of promising industries and opportunities — and didn’t rule out Casinos — but she also framed her talk around three “cost” areas — energy, […]