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, intubated and pumped full […]
GREENFIELD BLUES: HOMELESSNESS IS NOT JUST A BIG-CITY PROBLEM IN MASS
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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 there. Because our diminished metro news outlets have trouble covering […]
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.
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: OUTRAGE & ECSTASY
Queer dance party descends on McConnell’s house in anger over health care repeal
ECONOMIC VIOLENCE: VERIZON CUTS OFF HEALTH CARE BENEFITS TO STRIKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
That’s why Verizon’s union workers are on strike. It’s gotten to the point where they have no choice
AUSTERITY BUDGET: BAKER HITS STUDENTS, HOMELESS, POOR, EVERYBODY BUT THE RICH WITH FY17 BUDGET PROPOSAL
Baker is a neoliberal’s neoliberal—handing out millions to giant multinational corporations like General Electric with one hand while cutting critical social spending with the other.
