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Access To Health Care In Massachusetts: The Landscape In 2009. Presentation by John Snow, Inc. at 2009 Summit on Access.
May 28, 2009
Presentation made by John Snow, Inc. at the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation's annual Summit on Access May 28, 2009. The presentation summarizes a year of investigation into barriers to health care access that consisted of a literature review, focus groups, interviews with health access experts, and a survey of the newly-insured. This research is part of the Foundation's Care Beyond Coverage policy initiative.
An Update on Health Reform In Massachusetts As Of Fall 2008: Access To and Affordability of Health Care. Presentation by Sharon K. Long, Ph.D. at the 2009 Summit on Access.
May 28, 2009
Presentation made by Sharon Long of The Urban Institute at the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation's annual Summit on Access May 28, 2009. The presentation summarizes the results of the third annual Massachusetts Health Reform Survey.
Network Adequacy in the Commonwealth Care Program
April 22, 2009
Shared Responsibility, Government, Business, and Individuals: Who Pays What for Health Reform?
April 14, 2009
This report is the first assessment of how spending to insure hundreds of thousands of additional people in the Commonwealth is being shared. It finds that the overall distribution of spending on health insurance by employers, individuals, and government remained essentially the same between 2005, one year before passage of the 2006 Massachusetts health reform law, and 2007, one year into the law’s implementation.
1982-2008 Funding Makes a Difference
January 15, 2009
This paper traces the complex history of health care reform efforts in Massachusetts over 25 years, focusing on the significant role that philanthropy played. It pays particular attention to the interaction among policymakers, grant makers, and consumer advocates over time as the political landscape evolved and new strategies and alliances emerged.
Health Reform: Lessons from the Massachusetts Experience
December 12, 2008
This report summarizes the impact of health reform thus far and may be used as a point of reference for policy makers who are considering approaches to health reform elsewhere at either the state or national level. If the Massachusetts model continues to work, all or part of this model and its supporting principles may be useful in local or national health reform efforts.
Massachusetts Health Reform: A Public Perspective From Debate Through Implementation
October 28, 2008
An examination of public opinion in Massachusetts toward health reform from 2003 through 2008.
After The Mandates: Massachusetts Employers Continue To Support Health Reform As More Firms Offer Coverage
October 28, 2008
An examination of employers' responses to the implementation of the Massachusetts health reform law and whether or not "crowd out" has occured.
In Debt But Not Indifferent: The Access Project's Medical Debt Resolution Program
September 18, 2008
The work of The Access Project's Medical Debt Resolution Program and the impact of the Massachusetts health reform law on medical debt. Contains a summary of issues related to health reform that have left people vulnerable to unaffordable medical bills.
Massachusetts Health Reform Public Opinion Survey Topline Results
July 01, 2008
Results of a public opinion survey of Massachusetts residents about health care reform.
Massachusetts Health Reform Public Opinion Survey
July 01, 2008
Results of a public opinion poll of Massachusetts residents about health care reform.
On The Road To Universal Coverage: Impacts Of Reform In Massachusetts At One Year
June 03, 2008
This issue paper was published in Health Affairs and provides an early look at the impacts of health reform in Massachusetts on working-age adults — the primary target population for the 2006 Massachusetts health reform law. The paper focuses on changes in insurance coverage, access to health care, and the costs of obtaining health care for adults during the first year under reform.
Report From Massachusetts: Employers Largely Support Health Care Reform, And Few Signs Of Crowd-Out Appear
November 14, 2007
An examination of employers' responses to the implementation of the Massachusetts health reform law and whether or not "crowd out" has occured.
Health Insurance Coverage and the Uninsured in Massachusetts: An Update Based on 2005 Current Population Survey Data
August 01, 2007
This chartbook provides detailed estimates of health insurance coverage in Massachusetts. It uses the most recent information available (for calendar year 2005) from the Census Bureau’s 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplements to the Current Population Survey. It updates figures in an earlier chartbook that was released in June 2005—Health Insurance Coverage and the Uninsured in Massachusetts.
Forging Consensus: The Path to Health Reform in Massachusetts
July 01, 2007
An independent report by health care journalist Irene Wielawski that examines how various interests in Massachusetts politics forged consensus to pass the 2006 health reform law.

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