Reports for Coverage and Care
Roadmap to Coverage: Synthesis of Findings
In 2003, the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation launched a multi-year policy initiative to study the options for expanding coverage to the uninsured in Massachusetts. The “Roadmap to Coverage” initiative aimed to develop concrete solutions for covering the uninsured and to constructively engage stakeholders in the policy debate. With the release of each Roadmap report, the Foundation convened health care, business, labor, and government leaders to examine and discuss the ideas presented.
You Can Get There From Here: Implementing the Roadmap to Coverage
An overview of the steps that would need to be taken to successfully implement the Roadmap coverage expansion options and the sequence and timeframe for completing them.
Building the Roadmap to Coverage: Policy Choices and the Cost and Coverage Implications
An examination of how to pay for near-univeral health insurance in Massachusetts and the policy options available.
Health Insurance Coverage and the Uninsured in Massachusetts
This chartbook is a tool to broaden our understanding of the more than half a million people who lack health coverage in Massachusetts, and support the development of policies to help them.
Caring for the Uninsured in Massachusetts: What Does It Cost, Who Pays and What Would Full Coverage Add to Medical Spending?
An examination of the costs of providing care for uninsured Massachusetts residents.
Getting Care But Paying the Price: How Medical Debt Leaves Many in Massachusetts Facing Tough Choices
An examination of the issue of medical debt among Massachusetts residents. This report was written before the passage and implementation of the 2006 health reform law.
The Uninsured in Massachusetts: An Opportunity for Leadership
Report on 2003 public opinion survey finds that most people in the Commonwealth strongly believe that everyone in the state should be able to get the health care they need and are supportive of a number of proposals to ensure this. However, the survey also finds numerous challenges to significant action at the state level and points to the need for strong leadership on this issue.
Health Coverage in Massachusetts: Far to Go, Farther to Fall
Highlights of the states experience in health reform with descriptions of the challenges ahead in passing comprehensive health reform legislation.
Life on the Edge of the Health Care System: The Growing Problem of the Uninsured in Massachusetts
A description of who the uninsured are in Massachusetts and how they are impacted by a lack of insurance.