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CHIA Report: Mass Uninsurance Rate Low. But Costs Still a Barrier to Care
January 03, 2018
The recently released 2017 Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey from the Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) found that at only 3.7 percent, the uninsurance rate in the Commonwealth remains...
Health Costs Still A Barrier Despite Low Uninsurance Rate, Report Finds
December 21, 2017
By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, DEC. 20, 2017.....The Massachusetts uninsurance rate remained well below the rest of the nation for health coverage this year at 3.7...
Report: Mass. physician organizations lose money as hospitals see profits
August 31, 2017
Though most Massachusetts hospitals may have reported positive margins in fiscal 2016, 37 of the state's 43 physician organizations — which employ the doctors and are run by physicians rather...
Report examines insurance hurdles facing lower-wage workers
August 17, 2017
By Katie Lannan, State House News Service via The Lowell Sun BOSTON -- Workers at lower-wage companies are less likely to be enrolled in health insurance through their employer than their...
Survey - 65 percent of Massachusetts firms offer insurance
March 31, 2017
Associated Press via WWLP. Published: March 31, 2017, 4:36 am BOSTON (AP) — A new report finds that nearly two-thirds of Massachusetts employers offer health insurance to their workers, a...
Mass. health insurance take-up rate lower than national average
March 30, 2017
By Michael Norton, State House News Service via MassLive.com , March 30, 2017 at 3:46 PM Compared to their national counterparts, more Massachusetts employers offer health insurance but fewer employees here...
A revolving door at Mass. hospitals
October 11, 2016
A state analysis of readmissions among all patients, not just those on Medicare, found that rates in Massachusetts barely budged between 2012 and 2014. That could be because providers are...
Report: Health care costs top benchmark in Massachusetts
September 07, 2016
An analysis is a mixed bag for consumers struggling to keep up with premiums and out-of-pocket costs. BOSTON — Health care expenses totaled $57 billion in Massachusetts last year and the...
Mass. health care costs rose 3.9% in 2015
September 07, 2016
Spending on health care in Massachusetts rose to $57.2 billion in 2015, growing more slowly than in 2014 but for the second straight year outpacing the benchmark set under a...