Boston-based Pioneer Institute investigated the impact of the Affordable Care Act on Massachusetts, according to The Daily Free Press.
Here are five insights:
1. The report identified the $324 million provided by the Massachusetts government and federal government over the next decade will be dispersed through MassHealth, the Commonwealth's Medicaid program.
2. The Health Insurance Provider Fee funds Medicaid under the ACA. The report notes the HIPF "does not collect money from the large insurers profiting from Medicaid expansion," but from states and taxpayers.
3. Based on MassHealth's use of $15 billion of the $38 billion provided by the government last year, the program is not sustainable long-term.
4. About one-quarter of Massachusetts's population benefits from MassHealth. The report argued the Medicaid program has "overshadowed other priorities such as education, public safety and transportation."
5. Massachusetts leads the country in number of insured residents, and a MassHealth spokesperson commented the Commonwealth will work to enhance the fiscal issues.