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.
Aaron sent me a copy of his book (co-authored by Rachel Vreeman) Don’t Swallow Your Gum!: Myths, Half-Truths, and Outright Lies About Your Body and
I’ve been challenged by Aaron to put basic concepts that underlie our health system into simple terms that everyone can understand. I think this is
I need to keep track of the following so I can come back to it. Maybe it is of use to others. I asked the
I had no idea. The profile in today’s Boston Globe is worth a read, if you’re interested in the Massachusetts health insurance scene.
Ensuring the Fiscal Sustainability of Health Care Reform, by Michael E. Chernew, Lindsay Sabik, Amitabh Chandra, and Joseph P. Newhouse Health, United States, 2009, by the
I was absolutely, positively going to ignore the child-only insurance policy story that’s revived again. But then I saw it in Wonkbook so here it
Austin emails me: If physicians don’t respond to financial incentives but finances (costs) are THE problem (one can argue, but many people think that way),
A colleague alerted me to a study just published in the BMJ that examined how pay for performance measures worked in the UK. Let’s go
Cost shifting seems to be of interest to people, and there is a lot more I can write about it. So, expect more next week.