The impact of the Massachusetts Senatorial race is being processed in Washington, and ideas about what it means for health reform are surfacing daily, if not hourly. The common denominator is reassessment, no doubt being driven by concerns about the November elections. What was a tenuous balance of votes in both the House and Senate […]

Last week the Office of the Actuary of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a couple of reports, one on national health spending in 2008 and the other, which was covered by the Wall Street Journal, on the impact of pending federal health reform legislation on health care costs. Both are interesting in […]

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners sent a letter last week to Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid that underscores how difficult it will be for Congressional leadership to achieve a health reform compromise that does not create turmoil at the local level. While expressing support for health reform in general, the commissioners list a number […]