How is the experiment in Massachusetts doing?
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As the country watches to see how the healthcare legislation enacted by Massachusetts works, the uninsured population also waits to see if progress is made. The State of Massachusetts put in place laws to require or strongly incentivize the purchase of health insurance by employers and individuals.
It is an experiment pushed strongly by Governor Mitt Romney with the hopes of curtailing inefficiencies in the current healthcare system. In addition, it also hopes to create healthier state resident. The cost of these programs and laws are yet not fully known. I mean this in terms of additional costs to the state and also savings to the state.
There are many states like Florida, Illinois, Michigan, California, Texas, Arizona, North Carolina and many more that could use a better system to bring healthcare to its citizens.
Our uninsured population needs better access to health insurance and healthcare, both from a preventative basis and for catastrophic reasons.
Each state is tackling its own issues its own ways, but it appears that we need to learn from each other as to what works and what doesn’t.
Nevertheless, we should remain aware that healthcare and health insurance is not free, there is a cost that we are all responsible for. Whether we pay for it directly as consumers or pay for it indirectly through our government.
