Copy Massachusetts' Health Insurance Reform?

Citing the failure of seven state-based health reforms over the past two decades – initiatives that bear a strong resemblance to the Massachusetts health reform of 2006 – a group of Massachusetts-based researchers cautions that early declarations of the latter’s success may be premature.

Massachusetts Rule Would Require Businesses To Contribute More To Health Coverage

Massachusetts Governor proposed a state regulation that would require businesses to contribute more to employee health coverage or pay an annual "fair share" penalty.

Massachusetts Insurers Form Coalition to Fight Rising Health Care Costs

Massachusetts businesses have joined several of the state's health insurers to form a new consumer advocacy group, the Coalition for Affordable Health Coverage, seeking to slow health insurance premium increases and prevent the financial burden on employers from being further increased through continued attempts by the Massachusetts government to "universalize" health insurance in the Bay State.

Massachusetts Faces Unfunded Retiree Health Care Costs

Massachusetts faces an estimated $13.3 billion in unfunded retiree health care costs over the next three decades.

Massachusetts Medicaid Waiver For State Health Insurance Law Extended

CMS has granted Massachusetts a third extension on a Medicaid waiver that would allow the state to divert $385 million in federal funds for the program towards funding for the state's new health care law.

Wall Street Criticizes Cost Of Massachusetts Health Insurance Law

Massachusetts Governor wheeled out a new $129 million tax plan to make up for this year's health spending shortfalls, but partisans are cheering the cost overruns as a sign of success.

Physician Payments Affect Massachusetts Health Insurance Law

Proponents of the Massachusetts health insurance law "underestimated costs and overestimated revenue," which has "obliged the state to spend more to subsidize insurance" to keep the "law's promises."

Majority In Massachusetts Supports Health Insurance Law

Two years after the implementation of a health care reform law aimed at providing affordable health insurance coverage for nearly all Massachusetts residents, public support for the law remains high.

WebMemo Examines Massachusetts Medicaid Waiver

WebMemo examines Massachusetts Medicaid Waiver, and NEJM perspective discusses mental health parity legislation.

Massachusetts Health Insurance Coverage Mandates Cost $1.3B Annually

Coverage of 26 health benefits mandated under Massachusetts' health insurance law account for 12 cents of every $1 paid for health insurance, and statewide, the mandates cost about $1.3 billion annually.