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Many physicians reacted favorably to a bill passed by the Massachusetts legislature to cover the uninsured, but some questioned whether the state can generate the affordable plans it promised low-income residents. Some physicians said by requiring people to insure themselves and offering subsidies for the poor, the state had made itself a testing ground for universal health care throughout the United States.

Approximately 11 percent of Massachusetts residents lack insurance, compared with 16 percent nationwide, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. "The AMA is not only very encouraged by this [vote] but enthusiastic about the way both sides of the political aisle were able to work together to create a plan that hopefully will provide coverage for everybody in Massachusetts and at the same time allow people to have choice," said AMA secretary Joseph M. Heyman, MD. The AMA wants coverage for low-income people and children to be expanded incrementally...

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