There’s a lot of health care reform talk in DC about having some kind of national health exchange or connector to facilitate the purchase of health insurance.  This exchange - as yet undefined - is presumed to be modeled on the Massachusetts Connector, and will provide individuals - and maybe small businesses(?) - with access to health insurance products […]

One of the more controversial elements of health care reform in Massachusetts is the so-called “merged market.”  In most states, individual health insurance is bought and sold under one set of rules, and small group insurance (for firms with either 1-50 employees or 2-50 employees) is sold under another set of rules.

It used to be that […]

Health care reform is making a lot of news these days.  President Obama is calling for “reform now,” Senators Edward Kennedy and Max Baucus are working on their own proposals, the U.S. House of Representatives is working on a number of plans, the so-called, “Blue Dog Democrats” in the House have come out against creating a “Medicare For […]