Massachusetts will be the second state in the United States to put a vote to a mandated nurse staffing ratio, behind California in 2004. This ballot support and opposition has been highly contentious and this vote may set a precedence for other states to support a similar law. The ballot measures are very strict, and the general public seem to be very confused as to the impact of the law on healthcare in the state of Massachusetts as a whole. The ballot question is very complicated, and while more nurses sounds like a good thing, there are other much larger impacts.

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