The Foundation has been focused on access to care from its inception and continues its work to improve access to quality health care in the post-health-reform era. Our first major initiative, Roadmap to Coverage, examined the impact of uninsurance in the state and proposed evidence-based policy solutions. Our current initiative, Care Beyond Coverage, studies non-coverage-related barriers to accessing health care.

Related Publications

• 2006 Annual Report
  June 30, 2007
  Uninsuredinsured
• Massachusetts Health Reform Tracking Survey
  June 01, 2007
  Toplines from the June, 2007 Massachusetts Health Reform Tracking Survey.
• Massachusetts Health Reform Tracking Survey Chartpack
  June 01, 2007
  Data from the Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health/Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation Massachusetts Health Reform Tracking Survey. This was the first in a series of surveys measuring Massachusetts residents’ attitudes towards and experiences with the 2006 health reform law.
• The Massachusetts Health Reform Law: Public Opinion and Perception
  November 01, 2006
  A report on a 2006 public opinion survey asking Massachusetts residents about the 2006 health reform law.
• The Massachusetts Health Reform Law: Public Perception and Opinion Chartpack
  October 01, 2006
  A slide presentation of the results of an August and September, 2006 public opinion survey of Masschusetts residents of the health care system.
• Ensuring the Success of Massachusetts Health Care Reform: What is needed for front line staff?
  July 05, 2006
  This document summarizes the results of Community Partners’s survey of grantees of the Foundation's Health Access program about what will be needed for frontline workers to ensure the success of the Massachusetts health reform law.
• 2004 Annual Report
  May 31, 2005
  Destination: Access to Health Care
• 2003 Annual Report
  April 28, 2004
  Who's Speaking Up to Strengthen the Voice for Access?
• Getting Care But Paying the Price: How Medical Debt Leaves Many in Massachusetts Facing Tough Choices
  February 01, 2004
  An examination of the issue of medical debt among Massachusetts residents. This report was written before the passage and implementation of the 2006 health reform law.
• The Uninsured in Massachusetts: An Opportunity for Leadership
  October 01, 2003
  Report on 2003 public opinion survey finds that most people in the Commonwealth strongly believe that everyone in the state should be able to get the health care they need and are supportive of a number of proposals to ensure this. However, the survey also finds numerous challenges to significant action at the state level and points to the need for strong leadership on this issue.
• 2002-2001 Annual Report
  May 28, 2003
  Building a New Foundation for Health Care Access
• Health Coverage in Massachusetts: Far to Go, Farther to Fall
  September 01, 2002
  Highlights of the state’s experience in health reform with descriptions of the challenges ahead in passing comprehensive health reform legislation.
• MassHealth: Dispelling Myths and Preserving Progress
  June 05, 2002
  An analysis of the factors and forces that determine program spending, compares trends in the MassHealth program to those of Medicaid programs in other high-income states, and analyzes a number of options that have been, or could be, suggested to reduce the rate of increase in MassHealth spending and/or reduce the impact of MassHealth on the state budget.