Massachusetts Uninsured

Study: Access to healthcare tight in Massachusetts despite 97% insured.
The Boston Herald /AP (11/17) reports that according to an annual report from the Massachusetts Health Council access "to health care in Massachusetts remains tight, with hospital emergency rooms increasingly picking up the slack, even as the state has experienced a surge in the number of insured residents." Notably, the "report found that while 97 percent of the state's residents were insured...finding a doctor wasn't always easy" because only "44 percent of primary care doctors are accepting new patients, and primary health services are increasingly being provided by hospital emergency departments." The report also makes "policy recommendations for lawmakers."