Massachusetts Health Reform: What the Doctor Ordered

Washington Post by Edmund F. Haislmaier - Heritage Foundation | May. 4, 2006 (Opinion)

Pundits wasted no time weighing in when Massachusetts' comprehensive health reform was introduced. Most focused on two small but controversial provisions: a requirement that all residents carry health insurance, and a requirement that some non-insuring employers kick in an annual fee to the state's fund for uncompensated medical care. (...)

Rather than focus on the bill's politically galvanizing "mandates," policymakers and pundits should step ... Full Story »

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by C. Alexander Lanham - Oct. 1, 2008

This opinion peice claims that "pundits" are giving short shrift to Massachusetts health reform by picking at details without considering how they fit into a whole that represents a paradigm shift in health insurance access. This argument would be better journalism if the author provided ANY examples of these pundits statements. However, the column does a good job of explaining why the legislation is unique and deserves public attention.