Massachusetts Health Insurance Mandate: Success, at a Cost
June 3, 2008 by Be Safe Insure
Filed under Health
The Massachusetts Health Insurance Mandate managed to nearly cut the number of uninsured nearly in half within one year. The reduction was triggered by the country’s most ambitious health insurance reform plans launched in Massachusetts, that requires all Massachusetts citizens to buy insurance or pay a fee. While today’s signs of success of the mandate are healthy, some issues are remaining: the Massachusetts state’s health plan is more costly than planned, and nearly 100,000 citizens have been fined.
Massachusetts Health Insurance Mandate – Latest News
The nation’s leading newspapers and insurance industry journals report:
Sign of Success for Massachusetts Health Insurance Mandate
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY -
Massachusetts cut the number of its uninsured citizens nearly in half in a single year. In fall 2006, 13% of people in the state were uninsured; …
Health insurance gains detailed
Boston Globe, United States -
The number of uninsured adults in Massachusetts fell by almost half last year, says a study released today, while the state's Revenue Department reports …
Study Finds State Gains in Insurance
New York Times, United States -
By KEVIN SACK Massachusetts reduced its proportion of uninsured adults by nearly half in the first year of mandatory health coverage and made gains in the …
Survey: Mass. universal health care law meets key goals
Boston Herald, United States -
By AP Researchers conducting the first major survey of Massachusetts’ landmark health care law say the effort to create near-universal coverage is meeting …
Study Says Mass. Health Reforms Cut Uninsured Rate by 50%
Insurance Journal, CA -
In the first year after Massachusetts implemented its landmark coverage expansion and health reforms, the uninsurance rate among adults in the state dropped …
