Is Massachusetts A Good Model for Health Care Reform?: The Massachusetts Health Care Law Five Years Later

Is Massachusetts A Good Model for Health Care Reform?: The Massachusetts Health Care Law Five Years Later

It has been nearly five years since Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney signed the state’s landmark health care law amid the political flourish of a fife and drum corps and 300 guests in Boston’s Faneuil Hall. The overhaul is largely seen as a blueprint for the sweeping federal legislation that followed, making the state a political target for critics of President Obama’s efforts. […]

Massachusetts’ game plan shares several characteristics of the national legislation, but there are differences, including . . .