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Bill may undercut Mass. health effort

Kennedy criticizes Republican-backed insurance measure

By Rick Klein
Globe Staff / May 11, 2006

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WASHINGTON -- A healthcare bill being debated in Congress this week could undercut the new universal health insurance law in Massachusetts, by freeing insurers to brush aside state-required benefits and to charge older and sicker residents far higher premiums. (Full article: 967 words)

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