Is It Good News for Massachusetts- Universal Health Care?
Written by Health And Fitness on September 25th, 2008
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Whether or not the Massachusetts health insurance mandate is doing good at all is being debated a lot. The Boston Globe reported numbers that reveal a heavy increase in residents who have health insurance plans, and supporters of the law point to these numbers in debates.
The Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy reports that more than two thirds of state residents that did not have insurance in 2006 now have it. The article from the Globe says that Massachusetts is saving millions of dollars because of the decrease in emergency room visits.
Brian Rosman, research director for Health Care for All says, "This shows a cultural shift in public attitude, where people understand that as a community, by everyone getting health insurance, we are improving the health of everybody."
But critics of mandate laws say it significantly raises insurance premiums, reduces health care access, and relies on inefficient government bureaucracies to run health care. Critics also argue that such laws make it more attractive for residents to hop on government coverage, rather than find a private health plan.
The report, however, showed something different. Almost half of the newly insured Massachusetts residents got their coverage through an employer or found a plan in the individual market. Still, costs for Commonwealth Care, the state-subsidized health care plan, are steadily increasing. The state has even asked for $11 billion in federal funds to help finance the plan over the next three years.
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