Massachusetts Health Reform Survey, 2018

In April 2006, Massachusetts passed a comprehensive health care reform bill entitled An Act Providing Access To Affordable, Quality, Accountable Health Care (Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2006), that sought to move the state to near universal coverage. In order to track the impacts of Chapter 58, the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation began funding an annual telephone survey of nonelderly adults in the Commonwealth in fall 2006, just prior to the implementation of key elements of the law. That survey, called the Massachusetts Health Reform Survey (MHRS), was fielded in the fall of 2006-2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2018. This data collection comprises data from the 2018 round of the Massachusetts Health Reform Survey (MHRS). Topics covered by the survey include health insurance status; specific types of health insurance coverage held by the survey respondents; insurance premiums and covered services for those with insurance; access to and use of health care; out-of-pocket health care costs and medical debt; health and disability status; mental health and substance use disorders. Demographic variables include income, race, and employment status.

2006年4月，马萨诸塞州颁布了一项综合性的医疗改革法案，该法案名为《提供可负担、高质量、负责任的医疗保健法案》（2006年法案第58章），旨在推动该州实现近乎全民覆盖。为了追踪第58章的实施影响，马萨诸塞州蓝十字蓝盾基金会于2006年秋季，即在法律关键要素实施之前，开始资助一项针对非老年成年人的年度电话调查。该调查被称为马萨诸塞州医疗改革调查（MHRS），于2006年至2010年、2012年、2013年、2015年和2018年的秋季进行。本数据集包含2018年度马萨诸塞州医疗改革调查（MHRS）的数据。调查涵盖的主题包括医疗保险状况；调查受访者持有的具体医疗保险类型；有保险者的保险费和覆盖服务；医疗保健的获取和使用；自付医疗保健费用和医疗债务；健康状况和残疾状况；心理健康和物质使用障碍。人口统计学变量包括收入、种族和就业状况。