Key Topic Guide Series - MA Health Reform Law
Legislation | Bill Summaries | Press Coverage | Media Transcripts | Web Sites | FAQs
Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2006
AN ACT PROVIDING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, QUALITY, ACCOUNTABLE HEALTH CARE
Approved (in part) April 12, 2006
Health Care Access and Affordability
Conference Committee Report
April 3, 2006
Schedule of Proposed Ammendments and Public Hearings
Community Catalyst
Massachusetts Health Reform: What It Does, How It Was Done, Challenges Ahead.
Health Care for All
Massachusetts Health Reform 101
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Key Facts: Massachusetts Health Care Reform Plan
Kowalczyk, Liz, "Coverage of children not required in health law: State hoping to fix omission"
Boston Globe, October 2, 2006
Health Affairs (Web exclusives, September 14, 2006)
McDonough, John E., Brian Rosman, Fawn Phelps, Melissa Shannon, "The Third Wave Of Massachusetts Health Care Access Reform"
Holahan, John, Linda Blumberg, "Massachusetts Health Care Reform: A Look At The Issues"
Etheredge, Lynn M. "Massachusetts Reform Plus President Bush's Tax Credits: A National Model?"
McGlynn, Elizabeth A., Jeffrey Wasserman, "Massachusetts Health Reform: Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder"
Miller, Tom, "Massachusetts: More Mirage Than Miracle"
Turnbull, Nancy C. "The Massachusetts: Model: An Artful Balance"
Kowalczyk, Liz, "State health plan chief urges higher rates"
Boston Globe, September 1, 2006
Krasner, Jeffrey, "Senator says health plan rates too high: Low-income residents could be priced out by proposal, he warns"
Boston Globe, August 31, 2006
Kowalczyk, Liz, "Panel sets rate plan for health coverage: Low-earners would pay up to 6.6% of income"
Boston Globe, August 17, 2006
Krasner, Jeffrey, "Senator aims to lift firms' role in health plan: Moore considering bill to toughen standards for employer contributions"
Boston Globe, August 11, 2006.
Kowalczyk, Liz, "Thousands face delay in healthcare enrollment"
Boston Globe, August 3, 2006.
Krasner, Jeffrey, "State Health Plans Likely to be Similar"
Boston Globe, August 2, 2006.
Stuart H. Altman, Ph.D., and Michael Doonan, Ph.D. "Can Massachusetts Lead the Way in Health Care Reform?"
The New England Journal of Medicine, May 18, 2006
Rowland, Christopher, "Mass.
health plan seems unlikely to be US model: Demographics in state's favor"
Boston Globe, April 14, 2006
Fahrenthold, David A., "Mass. Bill Requires Health Coverage: State Set to Use Auto Insurance as a Model"
Washington Post, April 5, 2006.
William C. Symonds, "In Massachusetts, Health Care for All?: A state bill would require universal health insurance. Implementing the initiative is likely to prove a lot harder than passing it"
Business Week, April 4, 2006.
Helman, Scott, "Mass. bill requires health insurance: Romney may get compromise today"
Boston Globe, April 4, 2006
Kowalczyk, Liz, "Health legislation puts emphasis on pay for performance"
Boston Globe, April 5, 2006
National Public Radio (NPR)
"Romney's Mission: Massachusetts Health Care", by Richard Knox
April 8, 2006
Governor Mitt Romney
Governor's Health Care Plan
Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries
MA Law About Health Insurance
Health Care for All
Health Care Access Law: Frequently Asked Questions
This page updated October 2, 2006
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