Governor Patrick signs health care cost containment bill
By Steve LeBlanc
BOSTON —
Gov. Deval Patrick signed into law a bill he said should provide a model for a nation trying to stem the...
Bay state progresses in health information exchange network
BOSTON—
Massachusetts officials are announcing that the Obama administration has approved $16.9 million in funding to help develop a statewide Health Information Exchange network that...
Mass. residents living longer, says new report
BOSTON —
Massachusetts residents are living longer while the number of deaths attributed to AIDS is on the decline, according to a decade-long study by...
AARP urges Gov. Patrick to put consumers first
BOSTON –
In response to the Fiscal Year 2013 state budget, passed yesterday by the Massachusetts House and Senate, Bill Johnston-Walsh, state director of AARP...
How elders fare under Massachusetts FY 2013 budget
Courtesy, Mass Home Care
The FY 2013 budget was released from Conference Committee last night. According to the State House News, "the Speaker returned to the chamber at...
Supreme Court upholds key portion of Health Care Law
WASHINGTON —
The Supreme Court has upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul.
The decision means the huge...
AARP urges Boston lawmakers to protect RX gift ban
BOSTON —
As the House-Senate conference committee readies its final recommendations for the Fiscal Year 2013 state budget, AARP Massachusetts calls on the conferees and legislative...
Poll: Vast support for new health care effort
By Mark Sherman
WASHINGTON —
Americans overwhelmingly want the president and Congress to get to work on a new bill to change the health care system...
Possible outcomes in pivotal health care law case
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Mark Sherman
WASHINGTON —
Some are already anticipating the Supreme Court’s ruling on President Barack Obama’s health care law as the “decision...
Canadian sentenced in U.S. grandparent scam
BANGOR —
A Canadian man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for a scheme in which he bilked elderly American women out...
