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Article: Health care debate off to `fact' start.(Editorial)
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- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- February 2, 2005
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Ah, good, hard data is such a beautiful thing, isn't it? A study released by the Romney administration yesterday unearthed some fascinating factoids about just who is using the state's health care safety net.
Throwing a twist into the access vs. affordability debate on extending health insurance coverage to the state's uninsured, it seems taxpayers spent some $52 million picking up the health care tab for thousands of employees from some of the state's leading companies - employers which Dooffer insurance coverage. Ironically, leading hospitals like Massachusetts General, Brigham & Women's and Beth Israel Deaconess had scores of employees taking advantage of ...