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APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing

Recorded presentation

Steffie Woolhandler, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Cambridge Hospital, 1493 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, 617-665-1032, donna.wright@apha.org

The recently enacted Massachusetts health reform is virtually certain to fail. It asks nothing of the wealthy, will offer huge dollops of funds to private insurance firms and wealthy hospitals and will saddle working families with huge bills for skimpy, nearly worthless coverage. Single payer reform is the only alternative that will cover the uninsured, improve the coverage for most of those who currently have inadequate coverage and contain costs.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe both the potential benefits and the limitations of recently enacted legislation to extend health care coverage in Massachusetts.
• Describe options that other states may want to consider in improving health care affordability of accessibility.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No

Recorded presentation