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by David E. Williams

In an excellent piece published today (Analysis: Can What Killed California Health Reform Strike Again?) Jordan Rau ponders the fate of federal health reform. The feds are following a similar model to what we have in Massachusetts: introducing employer and individual mandates along with subsidies and insurance regulation to achieve near universal coverage that’s somewhat affordable. As Rau points out, a year after Massachusetts enacted health reform California started down a similar path with leadership from Governor Schwarzenegger. However, California reform failed and Rau detects a number of similarities with the current debate at the federal level.

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