Improvements in Health Status after Massachusetts Health Care Reform

Improvements in health status after Massachusetts health care reform.

CONTEXT Massachusetts enacted health care reform in 2006 to expand insurance coverage and improve access to health care. The objective of our study was to compare trends in health status and the use of ambulatory health services before and after the implementation of health reform in Massachusetts relative to that in other New England states. METHODS We used a quasi-experimental design with d...

Changes in mortality after Massachusetts health care reform.

Massachusetts health care reform: is it working?

Before 2006, Massachusetts had more than 500 000 residents who lacked health insurance. Governor Mitt Romney enacted landmark legislation requiring all residents to obtain health insurance. Also, the legislation established a health insurance exchange for the purpose of broadening the choices of insurance plans made available to individuals in the state. The purpose of this research was to asse...

Health care reform in Massachusetts--a work in progress.

The third wave of Massachusetts health care access reform.

In April 2006, Massachusetts passed its third major health care access reform law since 1988. This law establishes new structures and requirements that have never been attempted by any state. Key features include a shift of federal Medicaid dollars from institutional support to individual insurance subsidies, establishment of an insurance "Connector," individual and employer responsibility, a s...