Martha's Vineyard towns to trim health costs – but how much?

Health care consultant Bob Carey wrote the study for the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, which describes itself as a non-partisan public policy organization. The study compared premiums and cost-sharing for 31 specific plans: 28 municipal plans, two state plans, and one federal plan. The municipalities studied do not include any Island towns, but represent cities and towns of various sizes. The largest municipality surveyed was Boston, the smallest, Littleton.