Ten years ago, as medical costs soared, Massachusetts passed landmark legislation to tackle the problem. The law created the Health Policy Commission, a first-of-its-kind watchdog agency to monitor rising costs….

A plan to dramatically expand state-subsidized health insurance coverage to tens of thousands of people has fallen victim to the chaotic end of the legislative session. Approved by the state…

Sarah Iselin, who helped implement Massachusetts’ 2006 health reform law that became the template for the Affordable Care Act, has been appointed the new head of the state’s largest insurer….