A rising tide lifts all boats: Study links broader health insurance in Massachusetts with better health and care

In 2006, Massachusetts was on the same brink that the entire nation is on today: the brink of expanding health insurance to cover far more people than before, through government-driven, market-based reform. Now, a new study shows the health of residents in that state improved measurably, especially among the poor and near-poor, in just the first five years — compared with the health of residents in neighboring states. So did the use of some preventive care.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-12/uom…