Massachusetts' Pioneering Healthcare Reform Offers Early Look at What New Jersey May Face
What does Massachusetts have to teach New Jersey? Plenty -- at least when it comes to health reform.
Massachusetts' Pioneering Healthcare Reform Offers Early Look at What New Jersey May Face
What does Massachusetts have to teach New Jersey? Plenty -- at least when it comes to health reform.
The Bay State was the first in the country to require residents to have health insurance. Its experience offers a number of lessons to the Garden State. Chief among them: government, health, and business leaders need to work together to contain healthcare costs.
Under former Gov. Mitt Romney in 2006, Massachusetts instituted several of the key features of the Affordable Care Act, four years before the federal law was enacted. These included a mandate for every resident to purchase insurance, as well as public subsidies for low- to middle-income individuals and families to buy coverage.
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