Massachusetts has reached a crisis point

Massachussetts as the first state to develop a universal medical access plan "has reached a crisis point" because the "crushing costs of the program endanger its long-term viability," Says Christopher Anderson in the Boston Globe, The lesson to learn from Massachussetts is that money cannot buy universal access without reforming the medical care system, All Massachussetts has done is provide relatively low cost insurance to enable access to an unchanged system, overwhelmed by chronic disease and lawsuits. We have to move from a system dominated by specialists and drug companies to a primary care, prevention oriented system. We have to stop tinkering around the edges.