Massachusetts Ain't Half Bad

We all know that. And the same could be said about its healthcare system. It has been a success much more than it has been a failure. As a matter of fact, it was (and granted, still is) merely a challenge, and not a failure at all, as this New York Times article will attests.

Many people in my talks about the immediacy of a national public health insurance option have brought up the example of Massachusetts on the side of 'failed government-run plans.' Consider this as another part of my continuing answer and counter-argument to that fallacious and misinformed statement.