Post by Logan on Apr 16, 2016 7:13:13 GMT -6
For more than a year, top health officials in Governor Charlie Baker’s administration have been working on plans to make big changes to the state’s biggest public program: MassHealth.
This is the state’s Medicaid program, providing health coverage to more than 1.8 million people living on low or no income. That’s about 1 in 4 Massachusetts residents.
MassHealth already accounts for 40 percent of all state spending, and administration officials say its costs will balloon out of control unless the program goes through a major restructuring.
The changes could have big implications for the health care industry and the many people who receive coverage under the taxpayer-funded program. Here are some questions raised by the state’s plans.
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/04/15/why-state-restructuring-masshealth-and-what-does-mean-for-patients/Dm6s67g2BkJHLANKFVkjNP/story.html
This is the state’s Medicaid program, providing health coverage to more than 1.8 million people living on low or no income. That’s about 1 in 4 Massachusetts residents.
MassHealth already accounts for 40 percent of all state spending, and administration officials say its costs will balloon out of control unless the program goes through a major restructuring.
The changes could have big implications for the health care industry and the many people who receive coverage under the taxpayer-funded program. Here are some questions raised by the state’s plans.
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/04/15/why-state-restructuring-masshealth-and-what-does-mean-for-patients/Dm6s67g2BkJHLANKFVkjNP/story.html