Payment Reform Made Meme

Payment reform — healthcare cost control legislation...

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:54:18 -0400

Payment reform — healthcare cost control legislation — is now not just an idea, but it is the LAW in Massachusetts. Thank you to all the fans of this tumblr and thanks to the supporters out there sharing this silliness and submitting your suggestions! I sure had fun!

And thanks to all the hard work — by the Governor, legislators, their staffs, advocates, stakeholders and, of course, the consumers who participated in this process.

I may post here on occasion - but I think that’s pretty much a wrap! Onward to implementation!

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When Payment Reform passed, all the policy dweebs went:

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:02:09 -0400

When the 349 page bill passed (Senate: 38-0; House: 132-20)

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It’s finally here!

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It’s finally here!

mapoliwithanimals: State senator Richard Moore in Turkey 2008,...

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:49:00 -0400

mapoliwithanimals:

State senator Richard Moore in Turkey 2008, on a camel

Well, it’s finally here - the final days of the legislative session. What better symbol of the slow and steady pace towards payment reform in MA is there than Senator Richard Moore on a camel? Thanks mapoliwithanimals!

(Not sure if this qualifies as a meme, but we’ll allow it!)

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Mon, 07 May 2012 12:00:59 -0400

Breaking: Procedural Progress on Payment Reform – Senate Debate Expected Mid-May

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:57:01 -0400

Breaking: Procedural Progress on Payment Reform – Senate Debate Expected Mid-May:

This is what I looked like when I heard that we’re going to have...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:02:20 -0400

This is what I looked like when I heard that we’re going to have to wait even longer for a payment reform bill to come out of the legislature.

From State House News Weekly Roundup (4/20/2012):

“The biggest policy development on Beacon Hill was not even a development at all, but rather word from the Senate that a health care containment bill would not be ready to debate while the House tackled its budget - which some had anticipated.

…the continued delay begs the questions of whether there’s time to do a health care bill at all.”

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