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Jul 15th, 2008
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.
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Jul 10th, 2008
WebMemo examines Massachusetts Medicaid Waiver, and NEJM perspective discusses mental health parity legislation.
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Jul 8th, 2008
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.
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Jul 3rd, 2008
Massachusetts Governor signed into law a bill that increases the state cigarette tax by $1 per pack. The increase is expected to generate $174 million in revenue, which will be used to help offset the higher-than-expected costs of the Massachusetts health insurance law.
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Jun 20th, 2008
Massachusetts health officials and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts in separate announcements outlined new policies that will prohibit hospitals and physicians from billing the state and insurer for preventable medical errors.
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Jun 19th, 2008
The New York Times on Thursday published several letters to the editor responding to editorial discussing the Massachusetts Health Care Law of 2006.
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Jun 16th, 2008
Healthcare reform is in minds of both contenders who will undoubtedly battle over the problem of healthcare and health insurance reform: How do we cover the uninsured? How do we keep healthcare costs reasonable or make affordable health insurance coverage accessible?
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Jun 11th, 2008
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) has been boasting his state's health insurance reform initiative has reduced the number of uninsured by half, with nearly 300,000 more people added to the state's health insurance rolls. What he doesn't mention is that four out of five of them are relying heavily on taxpayer subsidies for their health insurance coverage.
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Jun 9th, 2008
Massachusetts businesses and most of the state's health insurance providing companies announced the formation of the Coalition for Affordable Health Coverage, a lobbying group that will work to control rising health care costs in the state and prevent cost-shifting to employers thus making health insurance more affordable.
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Jun 5th, 2008
As Massachusetts releases its health insurance coverage numbers saying 95 percent of its residents are covered and that they think health insurance in Massachusetts is affordable for them are we on our way to a very different debate?
