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How Massachusetts Can Inform the Nation

Posted onMay 31, 2010December 15, 2013AuthorLisa Maurer, MD4 Comments

Massachusetts serves as an experimental guide for a nation seeking to implement dramatic health care reforms. In November 2009, the Urban Institute conducted a site visit and a series of interviews of key stake holders to analyze the health system Continue Reading …

The Massachusetts Experience

Posted onMarch 15, 2009April 13, 2013AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

This report from Harvard University researchers analyzes the three-year, on-going experience following the Massachusetts Health Care Reform Act of 2006. Data for this study has been acquired from multiple sources including the Urban Institute, the Massachusetts State Government, and the Continue Reading …

Health Reform in Massachusetts – One Year Later

Posted onSeptember 1, 2008April 13, 2013AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

This study examines the effects on insurance status and access to care of the recently implemented health care reforms in Massachusetts. Data from this study comes from random sampling of nearly 3,000 people in the fall preceding implementation and subsequent Continue Reading …