The Massachusetts Health Care Revolution: A Local Start for Universal Access

Hastings Center Report 36 (5):14-19 (2006)
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The most ambitious effort in many years to reform the U.S. health insurance system was signed into law earlier this year in Massachusetts. In the essay below, a health economist who advised the state on the reform describes the plan and how it unfolded. Five commentaries weigh its odds of success and ask whether it can provide a model for the nation.

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