Massachusetts Lawmakers Prioritize Health Policy
Katherine O'Malley
August 12, 2026
Massachusetts lawmakers made health policy their central focus of the 2025-2026 legislative session.
Massachusetts lawmakers made health policy their central focus of the 2025-2026 legislative session.
Massachusetts lawmakers made health policy their central focus of the 2025-2026 legislative session.
In the last 20 years, many employers shifted a larger percentage of health care costs to employees and called it cost control. Increasing the beneficiary’s
If you’ve been paying any attention for the last few days, you would imagine that Rep. Ryan’s plan is the first real idea for reducing
I’ve been advised that I should state up front that what I’m about to illustrate is not what Rep. Ryan has proposed. It’s different. Table
It’s by Howard Gleckman. He asks some good questions. Anybody serious about this budget should be able to answer them.
Everyone seems to be talking about Rep. Ryan’s proposal, so there’s not too much to add. Combine that with a potential imminent government shutdown and
There are two major problems with the health care system: Cost. The health system is unsustainable, and health spending by the federal government, namely Medicare
Aaron: Austin’s almost got me convinced that throwing competitive bidding in there could be the answer. I don’t care about convincing the rest of you, if
Well, I still haven’t seen the proposal, but at least now I’ve seen Rep. Ryan’s op-ed talking about it. Let me say this first: kudos
Some are skeptical that private health insurance plans could deliver the Medicare benefit at lower cost than can traditional Medicare. Others are skeptical that traditional
Daniel Callahan with an interesting essay searching for a practical meaning of the phrase ‘value for money’ in health care, and wondering whether we can
Ezra Klein and Tyler Cowen have both posted today on ways to think about Medicare reform. I think both dance around an idea without explicitly
I’m getting a lot of email asking me (or one of us) to post on Rep. Paul Ryan’s plans for Medicare and Medicaid. You may