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Dr. Lynda M. Young

Massachusetts Health Reform, From The Front Lines

By Dr. Lynda M. Young April 12, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Massachusetts Medical Society President Dr. Lynda Young offers her views on how the practice of medicine has changed in the six years since the state’s health reform law took effect and how issues of health care costs continue to be an everyday concern.

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