Massachusetts Thorpe Report:
ACTION COSTS LESS

This 2005 report by Kenneth Thorpe examines the costs of inaction in Massachusetts, and the potential for health care reforms that implement cost control legislation.

It was commissioned by the Health Care for Massachusetts Campaign (http://www.healthcareformass.org/).

Of particular interest, the Thorpe report estimates the savings from implementing a single-payer system in Massachusetts, as well as a range of cost control initiatives, including:

• Physicians filing electronic claims for state programs.
• Implementing hospital patient safety reporting systems.
• Requiring chronic care management in all state health programs.
• Reducing growth in childhood and adult obesity.

Click here to download the report as a PDF file.
Click here to download the report as a Powerpoint Presentation.

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