MHPF Highlights
Health Care Costs on the Rise
New England Cable News Interviews Michael Doonan, Executive Director
In Ways, Clinton Healthcare Plan Resembles Romney's Mass. Solution
MHPF in the News
Mass. seeks more use of electronic medical records
Walsh Proposes Booze Sales Tax
Press Releases
Release 5.30.07
Medicare Part D: Successes and Continuing Challenges
Release 5.14.07
One Year Checkup: The Prognosis of Healthcare Reform in Massachusetts
Forum held on December 5, 2007
Health Information Technology in Massachusetts. A Private/Public Partnership?
What Should the State’s Role be in Facilitating Health IT Adoption?
Health leaders from public, private and academic sectors focused on Massachusetts’ roadmap to leadership in health IT. Speakers included Dr. JudyAnn Bigby, Secretary, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, and Senator Richard T. Moore, and featured nationally-renowned experts in health IT, including John Glaser, Ph.D., John Halamka, M.D., Micky Tripathi, Ph.D., James Roosevelt, Jr., J.D., John McDonough, DPH, and David Blumenthal, M.D. Experts in health IT adoption provided national and state perspectives focusing on progress to date, including the latest information on Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative. A panel discussion considered the role of the state and private sector in promoting and financing expansion of health IT, and the possibility of developing a broad and systematic roadmap for state-wide adoption of health IT. 
Forum held on June 22, 2007
Universal Coverage and Individual Mandate in Switzerland: Lessons for Massachusetts
Featured speakers included the former President of the Swiss Confederation and minister responsible for health, Ruth Dreifuss, and noted Swiss journalist, Beatrice Schaad Noble. Switzerland implemented an individual mandate for health insurance coverage 12 years ago. Swiss health insurance is decentralized with private insurance and subsidies for families and individuals with low incomes. The Swiss have a plan very similar to what is being implemented in Massachusetts, but they have a big head start. This was an opportunity to learn from the Swiss experience.
Forum held on May 30, 2007
Medicare Part D
It has been over a year since the implementation of Medicare Part D. At this forum, experts will explore the impact of Part D on Massachusetts health programs, enrollment in Massachusetts, enrollees' experience with benefits, and the impact on the state budget. In particular, the experience of low-income people eligible for subsidies, and what to expect for the state from the evolving program, will be discussed.