Massachusetts Health Reform At Ten Years: Great Progress, But Coverage Gaps Remain.
Massachusetts's 2006 health reform legislation was intended to move the state to near-universal health insurance coverage and to improve access to affordable health care. Ten years on, a large body of research demonstrates sustained gains in coverage. But many vulnerable populations and communities in the state have high uninsurance rates, and among those with coverage, gaps in access and affordability persist.
Sharon K. Long (slong@urban.org) is a senior fellow in the Health Policy Center at the Urban Institute, in Washington, D.C.
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Laura Skopec is a research associate at the Urban Institute.
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Audrey Shelto is president of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, in Boston.
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Katharine Nordahl is executive director of the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute and senior director for coverage at the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation.
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Kaitlyn Kenney Walsh is senior director of policy and research at the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation.
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