HSPH health policy experts discuss implications of proposed Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan merger
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, Massachusetts’ second and third largest health plans, are exploring a merger that would help them to compete against market leader Blue Cross Blue Shield, it was announced on January 25.…
Perspectives on an unprecedented law
Perspectives on an Unprecedented Law: Five HSPH experts comment "We are all very concerned in Massachusetts that an adequate safety net of care remain in the system for those who fall through the cracks." -HSPH Senior Lecturer Nancy Turnbull…
Health care for (almost) everyone
[ Winter 2008 ] Massachusetts' Bold Experiment Heart disease. Cancer. Uninsurance. If not having health insurance were a disease, it would rank as the third-leading cause of death in Americans ages 50 to 64, according to one 2004…