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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Mass. exchange model shows vast coverage for citizens, high care costs for state

Updated: October 1 2013,
Author: barrel fan
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October 1 was the opening day nationwide for new health care exchanges under the Affordable Care Act. But Massachusetts has been using its own online insurance marketplace since 2006. How has that program fared in the Bay State? Economics correspondent Paul Solman explores the Massachusetts model.