To figure out how to pay for reforms from its 2006 healthcare law, the Massachusetts legislature is working on a new bill to reduce healthcare spending, according to ABC News.
The proposed approach would directly regulate payments to hospitals and physicians, and rules would limit the amount of money a provider can receive for treating an illness.
Since the healthcare reform law originally passed, the state's healthcare spending per capita has increased to 15 percent higher than the national average. However, in that same time, the number of uninsured dropped to 6.3 percent, compared with the national average of 18.4 percent.
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The proposed approach would directly regulate payments to hospitals and physicians, and rules would limit the amount of money a provider can receive for treating an illness.
Since the healthcare reform law originally passed, the state's healthcare spending per capita has increased to 15 percent higher than the national average. However, in that same time, the number of uninsured dropped to 6.3 percent, compared with the national average of 18.4 percent.
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