The US health insurance industry has come under fire in recent weeks, since the slaying of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson unleashed a groundswell of ire from patients decrying practices they see as…
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More than six months after Massachusetts removed hundreds of thousands of residents from its Medicaid rolls, some are still struggling to find alternate sources of health care coverage. Those with significant health…
BOSTON — A major health care advocacy group is urging Beacon Hill lawmakers to preserve continuing access to heavily subsidized insurance plans, which are reaching thousands of families under a…
Concerns over the pace of the process put in place to find a solution to the Nashoba Valley’s loss of its only hospital have grown, now that we’ve witnessed what…
On a busy strip of Dorchester Avenue in Boston, there’s a hole in the community where a hospital used to be. Carney Hospital, the community mainstay that traced its roots…
Canvassers with the nonprofit Health Care For All have fanned out across communities affected by the closures of Carney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer and…
Anyone who has volunteered for a politician knows that it can be hard to get people to engage, even when you show up at their front door. But canvassing –…
The incoming Trump administration is stirring uncertainty about the future of health care funding for Massachusetts’ most vulnerable residents. While health care costs and access were not a major focus…
A working group assembled to make recommendations about the future use of the former Carney Hospital met for the second time last Friday (Nov. 15) and focused much of its…
As Massachusetts’ health care landscape grapples with the departure of Steward Health Care, advocates call for renewed push to prioritize care. Ten months into the year, the state’s health care landscape…