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"Massachusetts Health Reform: What's the Real Story?" Community Catalyst: The fact sheet released by Community Catalyst and Health Care for All reviews progress in Massachusetts since the state passed its 2006 health care straighten out law. According to the fact rag, the uninsurance rate in the department of State has been reduced by half, and 71% of state residents continue to support the reforms enacted by the law, which include a mandate that all adults obtain coverage or human face tax penalties and Medicaid and private insurance reforms. According to the fact sheet, health care officials also moldiness work to expand coverage, devise strategies to control condition rising costs and assert financing in order to continue wellness care reform. A of late released poll on the law also is uncommitted online (Community Catalyst, August 2008).
"Striking Jump in Consumers Seeking Health Care Information," Center for Studying Health System Change: The bailiwick, released on Thursday, found that 56% of U.S. adults sought medical advice from a source other than a physician in 2007, with 32% of people using the Internet to impart the search. Those with higher levels of education were more likely to search for health information, and four in quintet respondents said the information helped them better understand how to treat an illness, according to the study. In addition, the study institute that nearly half of U.S. residents ages 65 and older looked for health selective information from a source other than a physician (Center for Studying Health System Change acquittance, 8/21).
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