Health Care in Massachusetts
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News and Opinion
2014
- Boston Globe: Top official confident in Mass. Health Connector website, by Felice J. Freyer (Oct 9, 2014)
- Mass Live: Massachusetts should refund $106M to U.S. for improper Medicaid reimbursements, report says, by the Associated Press (Oct 1, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Cost of Health Connector’s website failure disputed, by Felice J. Freyer (Sept 17, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Connector health plans for 2015 will rise by 1.6%, by Felice J. Freyer (Sept 12, 2014)
- Boston Globe: About 400,000 in Mass. must seek new health plan, by Felice J. Freyer (Aug 14, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Mass. sticking with its health insurance website, by Felice J. Freyer (Aug 8, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Mass. unlikely to be affected by health care rulings, by Felice J. Freyer (July 22, 2014)
- Boston Globe: New Mass. health insurance website passes key test, by Felice J. Freyer (July 10, 2014)
- Boston Globe: No money set aside for shift in Medicaid, by Felice J. Freyer (July 1, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Mass. Health Connector website faces critical test in July, by Felice J. Freyer (June 12, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Deal reached on botched Mass. health site, by Felice J. Freyer (June 20, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Mass. paying $35m to drop builder of health website, by Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press (June 20, 2014)
- Boston Globe: New Mass. health website estimated to cost $121m, by Kay Lazar (May 8, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Mass. scrapping flawed health insurance website, by Liz Kowalczyk and Michael Levenson (May 5, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Mass. dumps health insurance website contractor, by Liz Kowalczyk (May 17, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Exit plan for health site mess deserves scrutiny of its own, editorial (May 8, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Health Connector chief cites vendor for site woes, by Tracy Jan (Apr 3, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Mass. extends deadline to enroll in health coverage, by Michael Levenson (Mar 27, 2014)
- Boston Globe: State dismisses health site firm, by Liz Kowalczyk (Mar 18, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Mass. may give up on still-failing health site, by Carolyn Y. Johnson (Feb 27, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Progress reported on reducing health insurance application backlog, by Carolyn Y. Johnson (Feb 21, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Mass. gets 3-month extension to comply with health law, by Bob Salsberg, Associated Press (Feb 13, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Connector chief brought to tears describing backlog, by Michael Levenson (Feb 13, 2014)
- Boston Globe: 50,000 filings for health coverage in limbo, by Michael Levenson (Feb 12, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Murray criticizes health care site, by Michael Levenson and Liz Kowalczyk (Feb 10, 2014)
- Boston Globe: State hires firm for $10 million to fix insurance website, by Chelsea Conaboy (Feb 6, 2013)
- Boston Globe: Insurance executive to help fix Health Connector site, by Chelsea Conaboy (Feb 6, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Some who sought health coverage remain uninsured, by Chelsea Conaboy (Jan 31, 2014)
- Boston Globe: State knew about troubles with health site, by Chelsea Conaboy (Jan 25, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Pressure mounts to fix Mass. health site, by Chelsea Conaboy (Jan 17, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Mass. falls short on health insurance sign-ups, by Chelsea Conaboy (Jan 15, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Mass. Health Connector fraught with uncertainty, by Chelsea Conaboy (Jan 9, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Report finds billions wasted on health care, by Liz Kowalczyk (Jan 9, 2014)
2013
- Boston Globe: Mass., Vt. halt payments to firm behind health sites, by Tracy Jan (Dec 26, 2013)
- Boston Globe: With health care website troubles, state turns to mail, by Chelsea Conaboy (Dec 20, 2014)
- Boston Globe: 2 Deloitte Consulting ex-staffers hold key state jobs, by Beth Healy and Megan Woolhouse (Dec 10, 2013)
- Boston Globe: Problems continue to plague Mass. health marketplace, by Chelsea Conaboy (Dec 7, 2013)
- Boston Globe: Problems continue to plague Mass. health marketplace, by Chelsea Conaboy (Dec 7, 2013)
- Boston Globe: Was Mitt Romney right about US health overhaul?, by Tracy Jan (Dec 7, 2013)
- Boston Globe: Snarls in retooled Mass. insurance site, by Chelsea Conaboy (Nov 25, 2013)
- Boston Globe: Mass Health Connector delays online sign-up deadline to March 31, by Beth Healy (Nov 15, 2014)
- Boston Globe: Mass. Health Connector offering guidance with new law, by Mitch Lipka (Sept 15, 2013)
- Boston Globe: Health Connector adds plans, updates options, by Robert Weisman (July 21, 2013)
2011
- Boston Globe: Romney and health care: In the thick of history, by Brian C. Mooney (May 30, 2011)
- Boston Globe: ‘RomneyCare’ — a revolution that basically worked, by Brian C. Mooney (June 26, 2011)
2008
- Boston Globe: Medical costs still burden many despite insurance, by Kay Lazar (June 22, 2008)
2006
- Boston Globe: Joy, worries on healthcare, by Scott Helman and Liz Kowalczyk (Apr 6, 2006)
2004
- Boston Globe: My plan for Massachusetts health insurance reform, by Mitt Romney (Nov 24, 2004)
Reports
- The Health Connector Autopsy Report, by Ed Lyons (Aug 26, 2014)
- Report coverage on State Sen. Will Brownsberger's forum
- One year later, municipal health insurance reform a smashing success, by the MAPC, The Boston Foundation and the Mass Taxpayer Foundation (July 11, 2012)
- The crushing burden of municipal retiree health care liabilities, by the Mass Taxpayers Foundation (Feb 8, 2012)
- Municipal health plans: gilded benefits from a bygone era, by the Mass Taxpayers Foundation (Apr 2011)
- Retiree health care: the brick that broke municipalities' backs, by the Mass Taxpayers Foundation (Feb 2011)
- An analysis of the essential role of employers in Massachusetts health care reform, by the Mass Taxpayers Foundation (Dec 2007)