The health care battle that began this morning at the Supreme Court is one of the most important of our lifetime. But the direct effect on Massachusetts, which created the framework for the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA), is minimal, at best.
“The real bottom line is that consequences for Massachusetts are not that great, except the extent to which we care about the uninsured in the rest of the country,” says Harvard School of Public Health professor John McDonough.
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