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Study Praises Mass. Health-Care Program
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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Massachusetts businesses yesterday joined with most of the state's health insurers in a new lobbying group aimed at controlling healthcare costs and preventing more universal-coverage expenses from being shifted to employers. (article 4)
The Coalition for Affordable Health Care said it will fight efforts to increase assessments on employers who do not provide health coverage for workers. (article 4)
Premiums for most commercial insurance plans have risen at least 10 percent each of the past seven years, making Massachusetts' per capita spending among the highest of any state. (article 4)
The economist said that the hurdles in finding doctors had been more than offset by the broader coverage, lower out-of-pocket costs and better access to preventive services. (article 2)
Massachusetts reduced its proportion of uninsured adults by nearly half in the first year of mandatory health coverage and made gains in the share of people receiving routine preventive care, according to the first major study of the 2006 law. (article 1)
The decline in the share of residents without insurance was nearly equivalent for those with low or moderate incomes and those with higher incomes. (article 1)
" The long-run success of Massachusetts' efforts will hinge in part on sustaining support for the new policies in the face of these higher costs according to the study. (article 3)
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coverage, uninsured, Massachusetts, insurance, Care |
Source articles
- Study Finds State Gains in Insurance (nytimes.com, 06/03/2008, 776 words)
- Study Praises Mass. Health-Care Program (Washington Post, 06/05/2008, 503 words)
- Health insurance gains detailed (boston.com, 06/03/2008, 397 words)
- The Boston Globe (boston.com, 06/05/2008, 486 words)
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