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Old 08-07-2012, 09:04 PM
 
Location: DFW
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Yes, they are certainly leading the way with with their Affordable Health Care Program.

Massachusetts' Decisive Move to Attack Health-Care Costs - Amy Whitcomb Slemmer - The Atlantic

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Massachusetts' health-care costs have escalated at an unsustainable rate. Consumers experience these increases as higher deductibles, copayments, and out-of-pocket costs. We've begun to get a good picture of what was contributing to the rising cost of health care -- and a clear indication that spending more was not necessarily contributing to our overall health.

For the first time on a statewide scale, we will move away from the current fee-for-service system, which pays for every procedure, test, and office visit, but does not pay for phone consultations, e-mail exchanges, home visits, health education, or wellness and nutrition education. In short, the system pays when stuff is done to us, but it does not support efforts to keep us healthy.
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