For the past few years, Harvard Pilgrim has published an annual report that focuses on some issue — or set of issues — in health care. Most of the time, the report is a little late — usually because I’ve been slow to get around to writing about something that gets past the plan’s PR and Marketing honchos. This year is no exception. I was late, blah, blah, blah — and here it is August — and the report’s finally out in the public domain. Let’s hope it’s not old news.

This year, I wrote about how the high cost of living in New England is driving young people away — at the same time the Baby Boomers are entering their 40s, 50s and 60s. As a result, this region will have an aging workforce going forward, even as its health care costs are already above the national average. This will be a challenging conundrum — for us all.

The paper version of the report is available from Harvard Pilgrim (send us an email and we’ll send you one) and it’s also available as a PDF online. I hope readers of this blog will check out our 2007 annual report, and if you have thoughts or comments, share them. That’s kind of the idea.

Thanks.

Posted by Charlie Baker in Harvard Pilgrim, Health Care Costs