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Opinion: Act Now to Keep Masks in Healthcare, Virtual Phone Bank Slated for April 20

Written by MARY JIRMANUS SABA Posted April 19, 2023 Filed Under: COVID, Op-Ed

A collection of medical masks. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2023 Jason Pramas.

On Thursday April 20, 1-2 p.m. MACHE will host a phone bank via Zoom: Together participants will call healthcare companies and elected officials, to keep masks in MA healthcare—with the message that masks are a cornerstone of infection control, and that equitable access to all healthcare settings for all residents must be maintained.

Filed Under: COVID, Op-Ed Tagged With: Activism, advocacy, call to action, coronavirus, COVID-19, Health, Healthcare, Mary Jirmanus Saba, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coalition for Health Equity, opinion

State Wire: Open Enrollment For ACA Health Coverage Begins Nov. 1 In Mass

Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Posted October 17, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"You want to make sure that you're looking into what your options for 2023 look like."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: COVID, Healthcare, news, state wire

Guest Opinion: Medicare For All Will Fix Our Broken Healthcare System

Written by MARIA TERMINI Posted October 17, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Vote for candidates that clearly support Medicare for All. Let Massachusetts legislators know that you want everyone to have the healthcare they need

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Healthcare, Massachusetts, news, opinion

HOPING FOR A ‘HOT SPRING’

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 21, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"Hoping for a Hot Spring." Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.

If we want to live in a democracy, we all have to take to the streets … and stay there

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: abortion, anti-racism, Apparent Horizon, Attorney General Maura Healey, Boston, Column, contingent work, coronavirus, COVID19, debt, Democracy, Democratic Party, DoorDash, evangelical, gig work, Healthcare, Instacart, Jason Pramas, loan, Lyft, Massachusetts, Medicare for All, middle class, military, Peace, Politics, President Joe Biden, Protest, public health, racism, Republican Party, Russia, student, Uber, Ukraine, United States, voting rights, war, Women, worker, working class

CONGRESSWOMAN PRESSLEY OPPOSES COMPROMISE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL

Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Posted November 15, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“I refuse to choose between the livelihoods of the union workers who build our highways and bridges, and the childcare and healthcare workers.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: childcare, Healthcare, infrastructure, Politics, worker

GUEST OPINION: THE IRONY OF RACISM IN HEALTHCARE (ESPECIALLY DURING A PANDEMIC)

Written by TRICIA THOMAS, RN Posted August 16, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

As variations of COVID-19 surface in Massachusetts and across the world, the present moment may serve as a time to reflect on the deep-seated nature of racism that persists

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Healthcare, medical, racism, trauma

GUEST OPINION: REFORMING OUR COBBLED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

Written by CATHERINE DELOREY Posted August 9, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

There is one beacon on the horizon that can address this

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: COVID, guest opinion, Healthcare, news, news to us, opinion

ENDORSEMENT: WHY I AM VOTING FOR BERNIE SANDERS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 25, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Endorsement, NEWS+OPINIONS

Bernie Sanders speaking at outdoor rally

Because no one should have to go through the health care debacle my family just did

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Endorsement, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Bernie Sanders, Beth Israel Lahey, candidate, capitalism, criticism, DigBoston, Election, endorsement, Health, health care, Healthcare, Jason Pramas, Mass General Brigham, Massachusetts, Medicare for All, national health, Partners, president, presidential, Primary, single payer, socialism

THE CASE FOR NO MORE COPAYS

Written by MARIA TERMINI Posted February 4, 2020 Filed Under: Analysis, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

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.

Filed Under: Analysis, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Bernie Sanders, Election 2020, Elizabeth Warren, Healthcare, Medicare for All, minimum wage

SPECIAL FEATURE: SEX, DRUGS, AND FENTANYL

Written by Posted August 18, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Among the nightmares of an unprecedented epidemic, sex work gets more dangerous for opioid addicts

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: abuse, addiction, AIDS, Boston, drugs, F.I.G.H.T., feature, features, fentanyl, fight, Healthcare, Heroin, long read, longform, longreads, Lowell, Lynn, Massachusetts, Merrimack Valley, opiates, opioids, Oxycontin, Prostitution

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