Health Care Reform in Massachusetts
2014
This case study describes the development and implementation of the 2006 mandated health insurance legislation in Massachusetts, and its lessons for universal healthcare in the U.S. The case prompts readers to consider the promise and challenges of extensive public policy innovations, and explores the issue of expanding healthcare and its potential implications for traditional public health programming.
The case is part of a series produced by the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Case Program, hosted by the HKS Strengthening Learning and Teaching Excellence (SLATE) initiative, the world’s largest producer and repository of case studies designed for teaching about how government works and how public policy is made. Each case in the series is designed to train public leaders, and introduces actual policy dilemmas along with data to equip students to learn how to apply the rigor of quantitative analysis in the real world.
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Health Care Reform in Massachusetts
Source:
Weeks J. Health Care Reform in Massachusetts: Impacts on Public Health. HKS Case No. 1995.0. Harvard Kennedy School Case Program 2014. http://case.hks.harvard.edu/health-care-reform-in-massachusetts-impacts-on-public-health.