Massachusetts reform hasn't stopped medical bankruptcies

[Denver Dave]

Massachusetts reform hasn't stopped medical bankruptcies
Harvard study

http://www.healthcare-now.org/massachusetts-reform-hasnt-stopped-medical-bankruptcies-harvard-study/

Skimpy health insurance policies are likely culprit in continuing problem; findings indicate national reform law won’t stop bankruptcies

The percentage of personal bankruptcies linked to medical bills or illness changed little, and the absolute number actually increased in Massachusetts after the implementation of its landmark 2006 law requiring people to buy health insurance, a Harvard study says.

For more information about health care reform in Massachusetts, see:
http://www.hctalk.com/viewforum.php?f=18

Many other states are trying to improve on the national health care reform with "state innovation", for example, a health care cooperative:

Colorado Health Care Cooperative
http://healthcareforallcolorado.org/?p=83

New Mexico
http://www.hctalk.com/viewtopic.php?t=1402

Seattle Health Care Cooperative
http://www.hctalk.com/viewtopic.php?t=474

[Kat45]

1. Are skimpy plans new in recent years?

It seems to me that in the past, anybody who had health insurance was covered. I don't remember hearing about medical bankruptcies.