. . .that was the stated goal of Obama's health plan, which used many elements of Massachusetts' health care reform plan.  The bad news is that before much of the Obama plan is implemented, the projections are that costs will rise and it will be more difficult to access a physician.

The Wall Street Journal opines on the early results out of Massachusetts:

"In a new paper, Stanford economists John Cogan and Dan Kessler and Glenn Hubbard of Columbia find that the Massachusetts plan increased private employer-sponsored premiums by about 6%. Another study released last week by the state found that the number of people gaming the 'individual mandate'—buying insurance only when they are about to incur major medical costs, then dumping coverage—has quadrupled since 2006. State regulators estimate that this amounts to a de facto 1% tax on insurance premiums for everyone else in the individual market and recommend a limited enrollment period to discourage such abuses. (This will be illegal under ObamaCare.)"