Obamacare’s Sweetheart Deal for Massachusetts

By Michael F. Cannon

A bunch of rural hospitals are upset about a provision of Obamacare that benefits Massachusetts above all other states. Forgive the bureaucratese, but you really have to read the Medicare Price Control Payment Advisory Commission’s description to appreciate the situation: Among the proposed wage index reclassifications or exceptions granted to hospitals for FY2012, the rural floor exception [...]

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RomneyCare Just Got $150 Million More Expensive

By Michael F. Cannon

One of the ways Massachusetts officials have tried to temper RomneyCare’s cost overruns was by denying participation to legal immigrants. Last week, the Commonwealth’s highest court ruled that restriction violates the Massachusetts Constitution: Massachusetts cannot bar legal immigrants from a state health care program, according to a ruling issued Thursday by the state’s highest court… The [...]

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