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The Impact of Health Insurance Reform in Massachusetts


The Impact of Health Insurance Reform in Massachusetts | NBER

The Commonwealth's health insurance reform reduced the number of uninsured among the inpatient hospital population by 36 percent.

The Impact of Health Insurance Reform on Insurance Instability - PMC

The reform included four main components: Medicaid expansion, introduction of a subsidized program for low income individuals called Commonwealth Care, an ...

THE IMPACTS OF HEALTH REFORM

As a result of its landmark 2006 health reform legislation,. Massachusetts has achieved near universal health insurance coverage,.

The Massachusetts Health Reform Law: Public Opinion and ...

The law, enacted in April 2006, is intended to increase health insurance coverage through a combination of. Medicaid expansions, government subsidies, health ...

Findings from Massachusetts Health Reform: Lessons for Other States

That legislation provided the tem- plate for the 2010 federal Affordable Care Act. (ACA). Massachusetts' reform initiative, like the ACA, includes, among other ...

Evaluating the Massachusetts Health Care Reform - PMC

The law aims to introduce the largest expansion in insurance coverage in the nation's history, to redistribute billions of dollars to make health insurance more ...

Health Care Reform for Individuals - Mass.gov

The Massachusetts Health Care Reform Law requires that most residents over 18 who can afford health insurance have coverage for the entire year, or pay a ...

Massachusetts Health Care Reform--On Second Anniversary of ...

The health reform law reduced funds that reimburse hospitals for providing care to low-income uninsured, shifting dollars to coverage expansion activities.

The Impact of the Massachusetts Health Care Reform on Health ...

The Impact of the Massachusetts Health Care Reform on Health Care Use among Children by Sarah Miller. Published in volume 102, issue 3, pages 502-07 of ...

The Impact Of Massachusetts Health Care Reform On Patient ...

Massachusetts health care reform has increased insurance coverage, though its impact on patient outcomes is less clear. As similar national legislation is ...

Health Care Reform in Massachusetts: Impacts on Public Health

Worsening economic conditions not only led to worries about the cost of expanding healthcare coverage, but also had serious implications for ...

The Massachusetts Health Care Reform Experiment: A Success

Supporters assert that the legislation resulted in nearly universal health insurance coverage in Massachusetts. Detractors point out that the ...

Did Massachusetts Health-Care Reform Affect Prices?

The 2006 health-care reform in Massachusetts relied heavily on the private insurance market. Recent evidence shows that the reform boosted ...

The Effects of the Massachusetts Health Reform on Household ...

We find that the reform reduced the amount of debt that was past due, improved credit scores, reduced personal bankruptcies and reduced third-party collections.

Massachusetts Health Care Reform: Six Years Later - KFF

Mitt Romney signed Massachusetts' comprehensive health reform designed to provide near-universal health insurance coverage for state residents.

The Impact of Health Care Reform On Hospital and Preventive Care

Using the Current Population Survey, we find that the reform increased insurance coverage among the general Massachusetts population. Our main ...

On The Road To Universal Coverage: Impacts Of Reform In ...

In April 2006, Massachusetts enacted a comprehensive health care reform bill that seeks to move the state to (almost) universal coverage through a combination ...

Improvements in Health Status after Massachusetts Health Care ...

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.

Has Massachusetts health care reform worked for the working poor ...

MA health care reform legislation, including the expansion of Medicaid, resulted in substantial overall gains in coverage. Disparities in insurance coverage ...

Senate Passes Health Care Reform Boosting ... - Press Room

(BOSTON—7/18/2024) Today the Massachusetts Senate passed urgent reforms to the Commonwealth's health care system to boost oversight and ...