Turns out Wikipedia has a pretty good entry on Massachusetts Health Care Reform (of course). In particular, the Outcomes section has some good numbers.

There is a “safety net” that is supposed to help low income residence pay their out-of-pocket expenses. To do that, it reimburses the providers for copays, deductibles, etc. Apparently, the payouts from the state have gone down recently. That’s probably part of the larger budget shortfall, but it points to a bigger problem with the system paying for itself (which it certainly isnt).

All in all, I’m glad that Massachusetts tried something. But I’m not sure it’s a good model for the rest of the country. And I certainly don’t think we have enough data to make a judgement yet.