Will The Massachusetts Health Insurance Law Work? Not According to These Doctors
Thursday Sep 20, 2007Will The Massachusetts Health Insurance Law Work? Not According to These Doctors in Politics and Legislation
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Writing in The Boston Globe, Drs. Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein claim that Census data suggests “new sign-ups amount to less than one-quarter of the uninsured.” Meanwhile, they argue, much of that gain in coverage has been wiped out by the shrinking of employer-sponsored coverage.
In particular, the two doctors think the law fails due to
the “scant help offered to the struggling middle class” and the lack of
affordable health plans in
