Lawmakers on Beacon Hill and advocates across the state are pushing to expand a taxpayer-subsidized health care plan. If approved, the budget provision would mark the largest health care expansion…
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A $52.7 billion state budget could be on Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk by Monday afternoon, after a team of legislative negotiators filed their compromise bill Sunday night. The product of…
The House and Senate both unanimously approved a compromise $52.7 billion annual budget for fiscal year 2023, which began on July 1. Gov. Charlie Baker will have up to 10…
BOSTON — The Baker-Polito Administration today announced an additional $7 million in funding to support organizations working in communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding is a component of the…
Massachusetts has the highest rate of health insurance coverage in the nation. How many times have you heard that? The Commonwealth has earned those bragging rights, of course. Nearly every…
A focus on youth behavioral health underpins the mental health bill that House lawmakers plan to vote on Thursday, top Democrats said. Speaker Ronald Mariano has said representatives would pass…
A focus on youth behavioral health underpins the mental health bill that House lawmakers plan to vote on Thursday, top Democrats said. Speaker Ronald Mariano has said representatives would pass…
THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE on Thursday plans to vote on a mental health bill that would improve access to mental health care, particularly for children, while ensuring that the health care…
Since the leak of a draft majority Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, people in favor of abortion access have been looking for ways to help. Many…
Consumer and business advocacy groups have long decried rising health insurance premiums, warning that health care has become increasingly unaffordable. The Massachusetts Division of Insurance has responded to the cries…