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By Ron Pollack Heart failure. Pneumonia. Heart attack. If you or a loved one suffers from one of these health conditions, you will want to make sure you get the right follow-up treatment. And now your local hospital will have a financial interest in making sure you do, too. While politicians talk about how to [...]

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By Al Norman A report by the health care advocacy group Families USA says if the House Republican budget proposal unveiled by Congressman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., in late March were to become law, it would undermine the health care for millions of seniors and the disabled, and cost Medicare beneficiaries in Massachusetts $38.8 million annually [...]

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By Al Norman In July of 2005, then Gov. Mitt Romney filed health care legislation on Beacon Hill that eventually was signed into law, making the Commonwealth the first state in the nation to pass healthcare reform that requires all individuals (with some exemptions) to purchase health insurance coverage. When he filed the bill, Romney [...]

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The Medicare Trustees Report released today shows that while Medicare remains solvent longer than expected prior to passage of the Affordable Care Act, challenges remain for securing the long term financial health of the Medicare program. Expenditures for the Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) Trust Fund were lower than expected this year.  The Trustees annual report [...]

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