As Congress and the President rethink their approach to health care reform, we have an opportunity to rethink our approach to health care cost containment. Both the House and Senate versions of health reform legislation rely heavily on Medicare payment reductions, pilot programs, studies, and new government offices to reduce future medical trends. Medicare payment […]

Now that Senator Reid has apparently found the path to 60 votes it is time to determine what the modifications were that produced agreement and take stock of what the impact might be if the bill were to become law. From the look of the finished product, most of the deals involved were unrelated to […]

An article in the Boston Globe on Thursday reported on last week’s Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) public hearing at which health plans were asked to justify their business operations. The purpose of the DOI hearings is to try to determine why the cost of health insurance is so high for small businesses. At the […]