Editorial: Reforms crucial Rx for containing cost of Mass. health care

Editorial: Reforms crucial Rx for containing cost of Mass. health care

Only time will tell if the recently enacted health-care reform laws can rein in the uncontrollable costs that have created financial hardships for a growing number of Massachusetts families. But as it presently stands, the system is unquestionably on life support. That’s how legislative leaders characterize our out-of-control health-care system, as evidenced by its unsustainable cost spiral, to the tune of an 8.6% spending increase from 2022 to …