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Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services Kate Walsh answers a question at a press conference at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024.
A poll that was released in early April 2012 by Public Policy Polling showed that those surveyed favored the measure 43% to 37%, with one-fifth of those polled showing they were undecided on the issue. [24] A late-May poll was taken by both Western New England University and MassLive.com showing support for the measure 60% to 29%.
The 2022 growth in health care spending was below both the rate of growth in the Massachusetts economy broadly (7.2%) and regional inflation (7.1%), CHIA said, but outpaced growth in both national ...
This contribution, initially $295 annually per worker, is intended to equalize the free care pool charges imposed on employers who do and do not cover their workers. On April 12, 2006, Governor Romney signed the health legislation. [23] He vetoed eight sections of the health care legislation, including the controversial employer assessment. [24]
Its executive director, David Seltz, gave a statistic to frame the challenge when he said 1 million people in Massachusetts are not getting needed health services because of the rising cost of care.
Healthcare reform in the United States has had a long history.Reforms have often been proposed but have rarely been accomplished. In 2010, landmark reform was passed through two federal statutes: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), signed March 23, 2010, [1] [2] and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (), which amended the PPACA and became law on March ...
The bill would authorize a comprehensive survey of the state’s resources — everything from acute care services to free clinics as well as hospice and palliative care, and public health ...
In 1998, he opposed Massachusetts Question 2, a ballot measure that would have decriminalized possession of less than an ounce of cannabis. [26] Ahead of the ultimate 2006 passage of the Massachusetts health care reform, Walsh supported efforts related to reform healthcare in Massachusetts with the goal of universal coverage. [27]