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Volume 358:2757-2760 June 26, 2008 Number 26 Next

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The far-reaching health care reforms that Massachusetts enacted in April 2006 are often cited as a model for other states.¹ After 2 years, the good news is that the new programs have ramped up rapidly, the number of people without health insurance has been substantially reduced, and overall public and political support remains broad. Early data suggest that access to care has improved, especially among low-income adults; there have also been "reductions in out-of-pocket health care spending, problems paying medical bills, and medical debt."² As of May 2008, about 350,000 residents — 5.5% of the state's population — were newly . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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