Commonwealth Care

As of October 1, 2006, Massachusetts has implemented a universal health care program for the state. They were crossing their Ts and dotting their Is. Connector COO Rosemarie Day told the Board that all systems are "Go" from the administrative end.

"The biggest concerns centered around the hardship waivers. The draft mirrored MassHealth regulations which allow the agency to waive premiums if an enrollee has extreme financial hardship due to a number of specific factors."

Weeeeeeeee........Here we go! It's a bold exciting move by Massachusetts and many other states and individuals will be watching closely to see how successful the system becomes. If it succeeds, there may be more systems to follow modeled after Commonwealth Care. In Michigan, our own governor Jennifer Granholm has been eluding to developing a program modeled after Commonwealth Care.

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