For a primer on the Uncompensated Care Pool, see SeifertR., The Uncompensated Care Pool: Saving the Safety Net, Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, October 23, 2002, available at <http://masshealthpolicyforum.brandeis.edu/publications/pdfs/l6–0ct02/IB%20UncompCarePool%20l6.pdf> (last visited September 26, 2007); Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute, The MassHealth Waiver, April 2005, available at <http://www.massmedicaid.org/pdfs/MassHealth_Waiver.pdf> (last visited September 26, 2007). For a comprehensive history and policy analysis related to the Massachusetts Medicaid program, including MassHealth, see materials by the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute Web site, available at <http://www.massmedicaid.org> (last visited September 28, 2007).
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PhillipsF.HelmanS., “Governor Likely to Veto Health Fee,”Boston Globe, April 12, 2006, at A1; GreenbergerS. S., “Debate on Health Produces Gridlock,”Boston Globe, February 14, 2006, at A1;
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HelmanS.PhillipsF., “Hopes Fade on Reforms in Healthcare,”Boston Globe, February 26, 2006, at A1.
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WeeksE. A., “Loopholes: Opportunity, Responsibility, or Liability?”Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics35, no. 2 (2007): 320–24.
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An Act Providing Access to Affordable, Quality, Accountable Health Care (April 12, 2006), 2006 Massachusetts Acts, ch. 58, § 47; PhillipsF., “Deal Would Charge Firms that Don't Insure Workers,”Boston Globe, March 4, 2006, at A1.
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In Massachusetts, the secretariats are cabinet-level executive offices, and each leads one or several state agencies or authorities. Chapter 58 implementation responsibility fell to 11 state agencies across four secretariats: Health and Human Services, Administration & Finance, Housing and Economic Development, and Labor and Workforce Development.
