DOCTORS WHO FAVOR A SINGLE, NATIONWIDE HEALTH PLAN SAY THE NEW MASSACHUSETTS LAW IS A FAILURE

250 physicians in Massachusetts who argue that a national health coverage plan is the only way to make health care work in this country are out with an analysis of the state's attempt to cover the uninsured. Their assessment uses numbers that are more favorable to that point of view than are the latest numbers from the state. But many people tracking the law share concerns raised in this letter about whether the state and individuals can afford the law.