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Last year, Massachusetts enacted landmark health care reform legislation designed to give every citizen access to quality, affordable health care coverage. As Senate chair of the legislative Conference Committee on health care reform legislation this year, Senator Moore was among the principal authors who crafted the law.
Among the provisions of that new law, Senator Moore is especially proud of achieving $1 million for a Statewide Infection Control Program, $5 million for e-prescribing and electronic medical records, $500,000 for support of the Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety, and establishment of a new Health Care Cost and Quality Council that will focus in large measure on patient safety and quality.
While these reforms have received much attention and praise both here at home and across the nation, they were just the first steps toward creating a world-class health care system for everyone in our Commonwealth. If we are to sustain and move beyond the dramatic gains being realized with the passage of health reform, key quality, safety and cost control measures are needed.
In January, Senator Moore released “A Healthy Commonwealth
2012,” a comprehensive five-year policy proposal that spells out specific health care goals for the state. The bills that comprise the plan collectively represent the second phase of the state’s health reform agenda. While listed in no particular order, each of these initiatives will bring Massachusetts even closer to the goal of quality, affordable health care for all and will help to grow and stimulate the critical health care sector of our state’s economy.
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