In 2006, Massachusetts passed health care reform that implemented a number of policies that are now being mirrored in the Obama health reform plan. The president has repeatedly claimed that his plan will lower health care costs but not decrease health care quality. This visualization looks at how the Massachusetts plan has panned out in terms of cost and wait times. Sources: Wait Times – Merrit Hawkins and Associates 2009 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times: www.merritthawkins.com Cost of Insurance Premiums – AHIP Center for Policy and Research Individual Health Insurance 2006-2007: A Comprehensive Survey of Premiums, Availability, and Benefits – www.ahipresearch.org
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Obama Health Reform and Wait Times Visualization (In Lego!)
Monday, January 23rd, 2012President Obama On the Passage of Health Reform
Monday, December 26th, 2011
President Obama speaks moments after the historic passage by the House of Representatives of the Senate’s health reform legislation.
Why is Obama unwilling to include Tort reform in the Health Care Bill or insurance portability?
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Does Obama really ‘get it’ for health reform?
Thursday, March 10th, 2011How will the Health Care Reform of President Obama affect people with South Carolina Medicaid?
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