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Massachusetts

BigmanPigman

(52,340 posts) Tue Jul 4, 2017, 03:29 AM Jul 2017

My family and I were wondering how it works if it is still in place.

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Does Mass. still have a single payer type of health care system? (Original Post) BigmanPigman Jul 2017 OP

Thanks. If the ACA is repealed what does Mass. do? BigmanPigman Jul 2017 #2

Apparently that is the plan. Chemisse Jul 2017 #3

No they have Romney Care. Voltaire2 Jul 2017 #4

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1. They've never had "single payer". They had/have something similar to what became the ACA...

Tue Jul 4, 2017, 04:17 AM

Jul 2017

This Wikipedia page has more info than you probably want to know...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_health_care_reform

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2. Thanks. If the ACA is repealed what does Mass. do?

Tue Jul 4, 2017, 04:46 AM

Jul 2017

Don they go back to their former plan?

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3. Apparently that is the plan.

Tue Jul 4, 2017, 04:59 AM

Jul 2017

The governor has assured the state that 'Mass Health' will continue.

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4. No they have Romney Care.

Tue Jul 4, 2017, 05:59 AM

Jul 2017

It is what the ACA was more or less modeled after.