May 5, 2014 ... Massachusetts passed comprehensive health reform in 2006, providing a model  ... In the four years after the law took effect in Massachusetts, deaths from all ...  That works out to one life saved for every 830 people who gained insurance. ...  mandate to hold people accountable for getting health coverage.
After Massachusetts passed a mandatory health insurance law "their mortality  rate went down...it saved lives." — PolitiFact Virginia on Friday, June 27th, 2014.
Apr 26, 2018 ... “Drugs are being denied by insurance companies” and pharmacies aren't ... After  several days of pain and withdrawal symptoms, the patient landed in the ...  Massachusetts was the first state to pass a law limiting opioid prescriptions. .... As  in other states, the health department where she lives is tracking ...
After Massachusetts passed a mandatory health insurance law "their mortality  rate went down...it saved lives." — PolitiFact Virginia on Friday, June 27th, 2014.
Dec 5, 2018 ... At the end of the day, private insurance companies and health plans are ...  conditions, since those people are likely to cost the insurer more in ... 2010, was  the elimination of pre-existing condition requirements imposed by health plans.  .... (Massachusetts already had an individual mandate prior to the ACA; ...
After Massachusetts passed a mandatory health insurance law "their mortality rate went down...it saved lives."