As such it is one of the models of the Affordable Care Act's health insurance  exchanges. The 2006 Massachusetts law successfully covered approximately  two-thirds of the state's then-uninsured residents, half via federal-government- paid-for Medicaid expansion (administered by MassHealth) and half via the  Connector's ...
Having demonstrated that state reform efforts can reduce the number of  uninsured,. Massachusetts offers important insights into the potential of federal  health reform. Figure 1. Massachusetts Uninsured Compared to U.S. Average.  Percent Uninsured, Non-Elderly, 2006 & 2010. Source: The Current Population  Survey, ...
1. MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH REFORM SPENDING, 2006-2011: AN UPDATE  ON THE “BUDGET BUSTER” MYTH. Overview. Six years after Massachusetts  enacted its groundbreaking health reform law, Chapter 58 of the Acts of. 2006,  more than 98 percent of the state's residents have health insurance, access to  needed ...
Jan 20, 2012 ... Thanks to the Massachusetts Healthcare Reform Act signed by Mitt Romney in  2006, MA leads the nation in affordable healthcare coverage. ... of the  Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, an independent state watchdog that has a  reputation as the "keeper of the keys" on the state budget numbers.
In 2013, six states paid 100 percent of the premium for employee-only coverage.  (CPR Report, 10/2014); Nearly all full-time state workers were eligible for  coverage (97%), and take-up was high across most plans, averaging 91%. 74%  of part-time state employees had the option of electing health benefits (compared  to 48% ...
The 2006 Massachusetts health care law has "added (only) about 1 percent to our state budget."