Ten years ago this week, then-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney signed the state’s new health coverage law, the first of its kind in the United States. On the anniversary, Massachusetts residents speak about their experience with what would become the blueprint for the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act, including several who did not have insurance before the law. Martha Bebinger from Here & Now contributor WBUR, who has been following the story since late 2006, reports.
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- Martha Bebinger, reporter for WBUR. She tweets @mbebinger.
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