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Access And Affordability: An Update On Health Reform In Massachusetts, Fall 2008

Sharon K. Long ^1* Paul B. Masi ²

¹ Sharon Long is a senior fellow at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C.
² Paul Masi is a research associate at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C.

^*Corresponding author.

Abstract

Massachusetts continues to move forward on comprehensive health reform. Uninsurance is at historically low levels, despite the recent economic downturn. Building on that coverage expansion, access to and affordability of care in the commonwealth have improved. Notwithstanding these successes, some of the early gains in reducing barriers to care and improving the affordability of care had eroded by fall 2008, reflecting trends that predate health reform in Massachusetts: constraints on provider capacity and increasing health care costs. Because these are national concerns as well, Massachusetts continues to offer lessons for national reform efforts. Health Affairs 28, no. 4 (2009): w578-w587 (published online 28 May 2009; 10.1377/hlthaff.28.4.w578)]

Key Words: Access To Care, Business Of Health, Consumer Issues, Health Reform, Insurance Coverage, Legal/Regulatory Issues, State/Local Issues, Health Spending

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