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GOP study: Medicaid expansion will cost states billions
Expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will cost states conservatively at least $118 billion through 2023--far more than what initially was estimated, according to a report released
Rate hike requests closely scrutinized under Massachusetts reform bill
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick's comprehensive healthcare payment reform legislation increases oversight of insurers' rate increase requests while moving the state toward a "global payment" system
Infusion from feds buys time for safety-net hospitals
The feds have approved a $435 million aid plan for Massachusetts safety-net hospitals, the Boston Globe reports. The infusion includes $180 million for Boston Medical Center and channels another $163
Insurers lose Round 1 in Massachusetts court fight over rate hikes
A Suffolk Superior Court judge did not grant six Massachusetts health insurers a preliminary injunction that would have allowed them to institute 235 proposed rate increases that had been rejected by
Health insurers sue Massachusetts over 'premium rate caps'
Health insurance companies in Massachusetts are fighting back after the state's insurance commissioner last week rejected 235 of 274 proposed rate hikes, effectively implementing a premium rate cap.
Patients buy short-term health insurance to 'trick' the system, health plan execs say
Despite Massachusetts' efforts to better spread health insurance costs among its population with an individual mandate, health plan data suggests that 2006 legislation has been severely undermined by
Mass. governor wants veto power over most medical rates
An expected mixed reaction of hope, worry and cautious optimism greeted Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick's proposal to give the state insurance commissioner broad powers to reject healthcare rate
