Massachusetts Health Reform: What the Doctor Ordered
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 ...
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I would like to know what numbers they are using to demonstrate that the existing funds will be enough. How much will insurance cost? How much are they currently paying hospitals? How many people do they expect to need subsidies and what are they basing that figure on?