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Massachusetts, which enacted a landmark health care reform bill in April 2006, is now beginning the fourth year of its ambitious health reform initiative, with evidence of strong and continuing gains in insurance coverage. This policy brief, which is based on the 2009 Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey (HIS), shows uninsurance in Massachusetts continuing at historically low levels—at 2.7% for the overall population, 1.9% for children and 3.5% for non-elderly adults. The findings suggest that the recession had had limited impact on health insurance coverage as of spring of 2009.

The Urban Institute, along with its subcontractor, Social Science Research Solutions, conduct the Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey (HIS) for the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy to obtain information on health insurance coverage and access to and use of health care for the non-institutionalized population in Massachusetts. This report summarizes the results of the survey for health insurance coverage in 2008 and 2009, including the finding that more than 97 percent of Massachusetts residents have health insurance in 2009, despite the economic recession.

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