It’s no secret that some of us in the health insurance community do not agree with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ decision to require individuals to purchase prescription drug coverage as part of their health insurance benefits to meet the state’s minimum coverage requirement. And while the requirement has an effective date of 1/1/09, many people […]

Earlier this week, the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans (MAHP), of which Harvard Pilgrim is a member, put forth a series of voluntary and legislative proposals that are designed to make health insurance and health care in Massachusetts more understandable, more transparent and more affordable. The package comes as a follow-up to other conversations about […]

A few weeks ago, the Mass. Taxpayer’s Foundation issued a report that said that cities and towns in Massachusetts could save a fortune on health insurance premiums - BILLIONS OF DOLLARS - if they joined the state’s Group Insurance Commission, which administers health insurance benefits for state workers and retirees, and their families. I’m not […]