Massachusetts health-care reform leader could play larger role nationally

The Washington Post reports:

Don't be surprised if you start hearing the name Jon Kingsdale a lot in the near future.

Kingsdale is the founding executive director of the Massachusetts Health Connector, the agency at the heart of the state's 2006 universal health-care law that served as the model for the national health-care legislation that President Obama signed last month. Kingsdale has been widely credited with leading the implementation of the state law -- getting people to comply with Massachusetts's mandate to obtain health insurance, and setting up the Connector, a marketplace where people without employer coverage buy insurance, just as will occur on the state-based "exchanges" envisioned by the national law.

Jon Kingsdale : price fixer and enemy of the liberty of contract.