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 Sharon Handy - Oct. 1, 2008

This story lacks a source reference to the full plan approved in Mass. It fails to give examples of costs to show if it will really impact affordability (which is of course a relative term) and access. I could not get enough facts from this article to tell if the Mass. plan is a good idea or not.