Because no one should have to go through the health care debacle my family just did
ENDORSEMENT: WHY I AM VOTING FOR BERNIE SANDERS
Healthcare
THE CASE FOR NO MORE COPAYS
We cannot let this system continue. Our health is very important. We cannot be complacent and accept the health care system we have as the way things are.
SPECIAL FEATURE: SEX, DRUGS, AND FENTANYL
Among the nightmares of an unprecedented epidemic, sex work gets more dangerous for opioid addicts
OPINION: THE HOT HATCHET IN MY FATHER’S CHEST (YES ON QUESTION 1)
It’s been over a decade now, but still my dad says it was the worst night of his life.
It wasn’t the night of his heart attack, or the night of his open-heart surgery (a quadruple bypass). It came after that, as he lay awake in the cardiac ICU, ...
GREENFIELD BLUES: HOMELESSNESS IS NOT JUST A BIG-CITY PROBLEM IN MASS
We don’t get much news about Western Mass in Boston. And since the population is relatively small in the largely rural western counties of the Commonwealth, it can be easy to miss significant stories. Because the scale of noteworthy happenings is naturally smaller ...
BAKER’S MASS MEDICAID PURGE
Wrestling with new MassHealth changes and (not so) accountable care organizations
NATIONAL WIRE: STUDY SAYS FOOD ASSISTANCE IMPROVES HEALTH
The Trump administration has proposed cutting SNAP by $192 billion over 10 years. But the paper suggests cutting benefits could harm health and raise health care costs.
NATIONAL WIRE: HEALTHCARE ADVOCATES SLAM PROPOSED INSURANCE RULE
The federal Department of Labor is proposing a rule that critics say would allow the sale of what some call "junk" health insurance.
STATE WIRE: MASS TAKES STEP TOWARD SINGLE PAYER
"Using that data, you can start to have the conversation of where are the cost drivers, where are the potential savings, and where can we actually streamline the whole conversation to get to guaranteed universal health care without the overhead of the insurance industry."
NATIONAL WIRE: HOUSE CHIP RENEWAL UNLIKELY TO PASS SENATE
The Republican bill that passed the House would balance increased costs by slashing funding for vital public health services and denying healthcare to pregnant women and children while billing issues are resolved.
