The Massachusetts Health Plan: Lessons for the States

Several features of the Massachusetts health plan could empowerindividuals to buy and own their own health insurance policies andtake these policies with them from job to job, but officials inother states should shun the imposition of employer mandates andavoid public program expansions while making modifications orimprovements to other significant components of the Massachusettsplan.

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