Massachusetts Health Reform Survey, 2009

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This data collection comprises data from the fourth round of the Massachusetts Health Reform Survey (MHRS), a survey designed to track the impact of Massachusetts health care reform legislation passed in 2006. Topics covered by the survey include health and disability; access to and use of health care; health insurance status and specific types of health insurance coverage held by the survey respondents; health insurance premiums, out-of-pocket health care costs, and medical debt; and demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. The survey also gauged support for the legislation; awareness of the individual mandate and its impact on coverage decisions; and how easy or difficult it was to obtain information on the different health insurance plans available through the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority, a state agency established by the legislation.