NEWS TICKER
How Massachusetts Is Faring Under Its Landmark Health-Care Reform Law PDF Print Email
Monday, 02 July 2012 13:34

Christian Science Monitor

By Kevin Loria, Contributor

The federal Affordable Care Act is set to kick in fully by 2014, now that the US Supreme Court has affirmed that it is constitutional. The Massachusetts reforms upon which the ACA is based took effect in 2006, under then-Gov. Mitt Romney. So, what does the record show in Massachusetts – did jobs evaporate and is the state bankrupt, as critics portended? Or is the Bay State rather an example of health-care nirvana, as supporters predicted?

Neither extreme is true, and the lessons of Massachusetts may not all apply in the broader national context. But overall, the state is doing pretty well under its reform law, say those who have studied its effects upon residents, businesses, and state coffers.

READ more....


Quote this article on your site

To create link towards this article on your website,
copy and paste the text below in your page.




Preview :

How Massachusetts Is Faring Under Its Landmark Health-Care Reform Law
Monday, 02 July 2012
Christian Science Monitor By Kevin Loria,Contributor The federal Affordable Care Act is set to kick in fully by 2014, now...

Powered by QuoteThis © 2008
 
Copyright © 2011-2013 Chatham County (NC) Democratic Party - Official Site. All Rights Reserved.
 

By PLAVEB

Articles

En Espanol

Facebook Live Feed