Massachusetts

Wellesley, Massachusetts - January 15, 2013 1. Mid of doctor examining patient 2. close of doctor examining patient 3. Wide of woman looking into microscope Boston Massachusetts - December 19, 2012 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Glen Shor, Massachusetts Health Connector: "The whole model is working extremely well. Again we have over 98 percent of our residents insured." Holyoke, Massachusetts - January 15, 2013 5. Wide of people on street 6. Medium of Jose Hernandez walking on street 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jose Hernandez, Holyoke, Massachusetts: "My back is.. I feel good now, so pretty soon I'll be starting a job and everything will fall in place." Boston, Massachusetts - December 19, 2013 8. Wide of doctor examining patient Amherst, Massachusetts - January 14, 2013 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gerald Friedman, University of Massachusetts at Amherst: "The fastest growing part of the healthcare costs are in two areas: administration of the health insurance system and drug prices." 10. Wide exterior of the Black Sheep Deli 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nick Seamon, The Black Sheep Deli: "I've been in business for 27 years and we've offered health care to our employees since the day we opened." 12. Mid of Nick Seamon at counter 13. Mid of employee at Black Sheep Deli 14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nick Seamon, The Black Sheep Deli: "It's pushing all of us in the small business field to circumvent the law, which is have only part-time people. " 15. Mid of Nick Seamon helping customer 16. Close of customers in Black Sheep Deli 17. Close of employee in Black Sheep Deli Boston, Massachusetts - December 24, 2013 18. Doctor talking to patient Wellesley, Massachusetts - January 15, 2013 19. Doctor examines patient 20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Richard Dupee, Primary Care Doctor: "So the major impact is going to be on a reduction in cancer deaths, heart attack deaths, stroke deaths and complications from diabetes." Boston, Massachusetts - December 13, 2013 21. Mid of state house 22. Wide exterior at Massachusetts Institute of Technology 23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: "There's a lot of challenge, just the dirty stuff of setting up the software and getting set the eligibility system and making sure the web site looks good, there are all those details, which you know the federal government essentially has offered to help the states with." Boston, Massachusetts - November 15, 2013 24. Medium of woman looking at computer 25. Close of Health Connector website 26. Close of person filling out info on the Health Connector STORYLINE: As state governments across the US figure out how to implement President Obama's Affordable Care Act, many people are looking at the US state of Massachusetts for possible answers. Massachusetts was the first US state to attempt Universal Health Care. "The whole model is working really well, again we have over 98 percent of our residents insured," said Glen Shor, of the Massachusetts Health Connector, the governing body that manages healthcare. The biggest winners here are the working poor, those who didn't have health insurance through their jobs, but also didn't qualify for medicaid. Handyman Jose Hernandez of Holyoke was laid off after 14 years, then hurt his back. Because of the individual mandate, he was able to see a doctor at no cost. "My back is I feel good now, so pretty soon I'll be starting a job and everything will fall in place," said Hernandez. But, like the rest of the country, Massachusetts has struggled to contain the growing cost of healthcare. Much of the money now going to health care in the state budget used to go to education. Also suffering from the rising costs are some businesses. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/9bcb092b75d8cca57e1f0e2a6d523e32 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

• published: 31 Jul 2015
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