This report presents several options designed to help Massachusetts move to universal health insurance coverage. Each strategy is outlined in the form of a policy proposal and includes analysis of the effects on cost and coverage. The policies all build on an expansion of MassHealth, income-related tax credits, a purchasing pool and government-sponsored reinsurance. These measures in themselves do not yield universal coverage, nor would an employer mandate. The building blocks and an employer mandate combined with an individual mandate would yield universal coverage with a relatively small increase in government costs relative to state GDP and current health spending. (www.roadmaptocoverage.com, June 21, 2005)
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