Over the last couple of weeks, HCFA has participated in multiple community events to support immigrant rights in Massachusetts. HCFA’s Community Engagement Coordinator Edwin Santana wrote about two of those…
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This week, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) hosted its Spring National Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana. The NAIC is an organization consisting of the chief insurance regulators from all...
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office has positioned four Brazilian nationals charged in connection with a black market pharmacy operation in Framingham as exploiting a community’s trust by masquerading as licensed health-care…
Yesterday marked the 15th anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Nearly 50 million people have received affordable health insurance through the ACA marketplaces, another 21 million…
HOLLAND — Dr. Deborah Palmer sat at the cherry wood dining room table in the home of her 71-year-old patient, trying to understand why he kept waking up in the…
Warning that the state’s health care system is “falling apart,” the Senate’s point person on the topic said Thursday that she wants to rein in for-profit and private equity entities…
When Massachusetts implemented near-universal health insurance coverage in 2006, state policy makers knew some people would fall through the cracks. Despite the mandate requiring everyone to have insurance, a small…
We know many Massachusetts immigrants have been worried about immigration policies coming out of Washington, D.C. Some people are afraid to use health care services or sign up for state...
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On Tuesday the U.S. House of Representatives passed their budget resolution by a vote of 217-215 along party lines. The resolution calls for $880 billion in cuts to health care...
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BOSTON, Mass. (SHNS)–With her Republican colleagues eyeing potentially massive Medicaid cuts, Congresswoman Katherine Clark of Revere warned Wednesday that tens of thousands of Bay State residents could be at risk of…