I got a comment the other day on my Payment Reform post that asked the following question - “Hi Charlie…I was hoping you might blog on the subject of the proposed federal insurance plan to compete with private health plans. Is the idea that it gives the uninsured or individual market an opportunity to get […]

I wrote a post a few weeks ago about Narrow Networks that generated a lot of chatter on the blog - and a lot of commentary off it as well.  What the heck - let’s stick with what works, and put some real life into the debate.  For the past six years, Harvard Pilgrim has offered a […]

Washington, DC is abuzz with health care reform.  Senators Baucus and Kennedy are working on a major reform plan, the House is discussing its own reform agenda, labor and business are working together or against one another - depending on the issue, the President has filed his “down payment” in his FY 2010 budget, and just about everyone else […]