Health Care reform save lives?

In the article written by Tara Culp-Ressler talks about how health care reforms can help reduce mortality rates. According to a new study done by Annals of Internal Science it shows that mortality rates have dropped in Massachusetts after their new health care reforms in 2006. The research shows that Massachusetts, compared to other similar areas, dropped their mortality rates by 3% after expanding their health coverage. Then Culp-Ressler argues her point and warns people that “Massachusetts is just one stare and their findings could be due to specific factors there that won’t lead to quite the same results nationally.”  However if the same results were achieved nationwide we could save more than 17,000 lives a year. The author also mentions that the life expectancy of Americans as a whole has been increasing but the poor people’s lives are getting shorten then the rest of us.

                I believe that the author is trying to send a message to everyone in America about healthcare reform. The author is saying that health care reform is not all bad and that a smaller version of Pres. Obama's health care reform has already happened in Massachusetts. The healthcare reform in Massachusetts has led to a lower mortality rate and the author thinks that if we give Obama Care a chance then we could achieve the same results nationally. The author supports her claims with research done by New York Times and Annals of Internal Medicine. The author does mention that the lower mortality rate in Massachusetts could be just a fluke, a single event that had nothing to do with the changes in their health care policies.