Category Archives: Healthcare Reform

Court Ruling Strikes Individual Mandate

Welcome back–my hibernation is over early and health reform is once again the reason!  What does the Federal Court ruling in Virginia mean for healthcare reform?  Is this a bump in the road, or the beginning of the end?  Judge … Continue reading

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Siezing Control: 5 Steps for Employers to Achieve a Competitive Advantage

The financial impact of healthcare reform will be to increase expenses in the system by an additional .9% per year, (per the CMS Office of the Actuary), and by as much as 10% to 20% for employers over the next … Continue reading

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CANCELED: Waxman Shuts Down Testimony from Deere & Co.

With all of our energy re-directed to the implementation of the health reform legislation, I missed this item. A couple weeks back I called your attention to Henry Waxman’s Energy & Commerce inquiry into the impact of HCR on the … Continue reading

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Baseball is here, but look to Massachusetts for some new hardball…

As all New Englander’s know, if not most of the country, Massachusetts is one of the states that has been tagged as taking a leading role in trying to tackle healthcare reform. In 2007, the state implemented Commonwealth Care (also … Continue reading

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