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Aug 30th, 2008
Massachusetts has the lowest rate of residents who have no health insurance coverage in the country, according to the annual U.S. Census Bureau survey released today.
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Aug 25th, 2008
Rising health insurance costs in Massachusetts, where possession of insurance is required by state law, are in large part attributable to onerous mandatory minimum coverages the state government requires in every policy sold in the state, a new state government study shows.
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Aug 22nd, 2008
Fact sheet examines 2006 Massachusetts health care reform law and finds that more consumers seeking health care information online.
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Aug 15th, 2008
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.
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Aug 14th, 2008
Massachusetts Governor proposed a state regulation that would require businesses to contribute more to employee health coverage or pay an annual "fair share" penalty.
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Aug 12th, 2008
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.
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Aug 8th, 2008
Massachusetts faces an estimated $13.3 billion in unfunded retiree health care costs over the next three decades.
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Jul 30th, 2008
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.
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Jul 29th, 2008
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.
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Jul 22nd, 2008
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."
