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Paul Toner

Massachusetts Unions Shape Compromise For State’s Municipal Health Insurance Law

By Paul Toner August 28, 2011 KFF Health News Original

A coaltion of Massachusetts public employee unions recognized that municipal health care costs were a problem and engaged with other stakeholders in the effort to develop a solution. In the end, nobody got they wanted and that’s what a genuine compromise looks like.

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