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Monday, March 16, 2009

Massachusetts's Health Plan Trial

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/16/health/policy/16mass.html?_r=1&hp

"They want a new payment method that rewards prevention and the effective control of chronic disease, instead of the current system, which pays according to the quantity of care provided. By late spring, the commission is expected to recommend such a system to the legislature.

If Massachusetts becomes the first state to make this conversion, health policy experts argue that it would be as audacious an achievement as universal coverage. "

sth to think about

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