Massachusetts' health cost-control strategy at ten
James C. Capretta | Dec 16, 2022 | Federal
5 Things Maryland: New Medicaid programs, MHA policy priorities, Health expenditures
Emily Boerger | Dec 29, 2021 | Maryland
5 Things California: Asm. Waldron's health priorities, Aetna & Community Supports, HCBS data gaps
Eli Kirshbaum | Dec 28, 2021 | California
5 Things Colorado: Rep. Mark Baisley, Impacts of Medicaid surge, COVID Legislative update
DJ Wilson | Aug 13, 2020 | Colorado
An Actual Bipartisan Plan
James C. Capretta | Mar 2, 2020 | Federal
Political polarization has largely paralyzed Washington, which is why the Bipartisan Policy Center’s new health reform plan is both notable and important. The lead authors of the plan are former Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle and Bill Frist and former Administrators of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
5 Things Alaska: Bills we're watching, Budget update, Anna Brawley
DJ Wilson | Feb 24, 2020 | Alaska
It was 10 years ago this fall that we hosted our first State of Reform event in Anchorage. It seems like a lifetime ago that we had keynotes from DHSS Commish Bill Streur and HHS Regional Director Susan Johnson. The kind of bi-partisan, policy agnostic convening that State of Reform
5 Things Hawaii: Medicaid award protest, Bills we're watching, What you missed
DJ Wilson | Feb 6, 2020 | Hawaii
It is always such an honor to have the State of Reform ohana with us at our annual event. With about 350 folks with us, including some of the most senior health policy executives and health policy leaders from across the state, State of Reform brought together a diverse and
5 things Colorado: Mara Baer, Health care legislation, Joshua Ewing
DJ Wilson | Jan 14, 2020 | Colorado
With a new year and a new legislative session underway, we look to a few smart policy observers to make sense of some of it in this edition of 5 Things. We're also digging into some of the pre-filed legislation and tracking some of the early budget hearings in this year's
5 Things California: Newsom's budget, MFAR rule, Tayler Trotter
DJ Wilson | Jan 7, 2020 | California
With a new year comes a new legislative session! Legislators are reconvening in Sacramento this week for what could be an ambitious year, catalyzed by the national political climate and some pent up enthusiasm for bigger reforms in health care. We are tracking some early signals to see how the