Massachusetts Health Reform Linked To Significant Decline In Deaths - And They Are Ditching It
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 04:20
in Health & Medicine
The pioneering health insurance exchange in Massachusetts - the model for President Barack Obama’s health care law - is headed for the scrap heap. The state wants to merge it with the federal HealthCare.gov enrollment site because it is so dysfunctional. With terrible timing, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) scholars say it is working really well and credit it with 2.9% decreased mortality compared to other states. They estimate that the Massachusetts' health reform law has prevented approximately 320 deaths per year—one life saved for each 830 people gaining insurance - and use it as evidence that government health care expansion will save lives. read more