Inflation may be hovering around 3 percent, but many Massachusetts residents will begin paying as much as 15 percent more for health care when new premiums take effect in January. The expected increases, which continue a trend of large price hikes over the state's already large health costs, have many concerned observers looking at potential legislative fixes. Importing drugs from Canada, limiting medical malpractice jury awards and a single payer universal health care system are among the proposals.
Posted by Editor at June 16, 2004 12:22 AM