Many recent articles have suggested that Massachusetts' healthcare reform should be the model for universal healthcare for the rest of the nation. I wholeheartedly disagree with this. The problem is much more extensive than just providing coverage to the uninsured.
At the beginning of the year, Mass. Governor Deval Patrick convened a panel to examine the agreement between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachsetts and Partners, the umbrella organization of Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, to determine whether the relationship was driving up healthcare costs, “making it harder to extend healthcare insurance to all residents.”