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Mass. Effort in Good Health on 1st Birthday, Pt.5 -- Success and proactively.

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But one day, because of this illness, she lost both her job and her health insurance. Then, one day back in 2005, Kathleen made an emergency visit to Cambridge Hospital. There, she was diagnosed with cancer. Since that time, this hospital has assisted Kathleen in enrolling in the new state-subsidized health insurance system. Through this, she is now able to access the different kinds of coverage she needs. Now, Kathleen assesses it all, "When you go from having [health] insurance, then having nothing, it's very frightening." . "It's such a plus not to have to worry about insurance."

The State of Massachusetts is to be commended for their noble commitment. Their first priority is to expand health insurance, especially, for people like Kathleen. This is reflected by the head of the program overseer office, Jon Kingsdale. This office is an independent state agency, created for this purpose. Of course, Mr. Kingsdale is in touch with the situation and has some answers. He states that details of the larger picture, as well as the minute details are all being taken into account. To the major criticism, he replies “Tackling costs [will] come later.” It all starts with ‘the moral commitment’. Once that is in place, all the related forces need to play their part to make providing health insurance for all that is affordable. Some of those forces are: .” political leadership, doctors, hospitals and health insurers.” This seems to be the only way to get the country moving on “this very tough problem."

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