BOSTON, Mass. (WWLP)– The Massachusetts House and Senate have passed a $4 billion bill that designates how federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) surplus funding…
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Attorney General Maura Healey is warning that Mass General Brigham’s proposal to build three new surgery centers is likely to increase health care costs across Massachusetts, turning up the pressure on the…
NOV. 17, 2021 – Health care spending in Massachusetts grew 4.3 percent from 2018 to 2019, marking the second consecutive year that the increase outpaced a state target and prompting…
A bill to be debated by the Massachusetts Senate next week would provide residents free annual mental health exams, among other reforms, and dedicate $122 million to hiring nearly 2,000…
Starting Nov. 1, many immigrants will have access to long-term health care, when they didn’t qualify before… For the full video interview, click here.
Like many Americans, Hector, a resident of Revere, Massachusetts, was overwhelmed by health care costs. He had insurance through his employer, but he could barely afford his $600 a month…
BOSTON – State Sen. John Keenan touted his proposed health care affordability bill on Monday during a briefing by advocacy group Health Care for All. The group released the results of a survey showing…
More than half of Massachusetts adults who participated in a May survey said they’d experienced some sort of health care cost hardship in the past year and almost three-quarters said…
Health Care For All executive director Amy Rosenthal said the report “not only diagnoses the problems, it points to the policy changes needed to address them head on by strengthening…
Now at more than 20% of the city’s population, Worcester’s immigrant community has grown exponentially over the last decade, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, but holes in health insurance…