Vote shows independents, seniors upset with Dems
For seniors, a group that takes voting seriously, Obama’s health care overhaul legislation was a driving issue. Fifty-three percent said the measure should be repealed — and almost all of this group backed Republican House candidates on Election Day. Among all voters who are younger, 46 percent want the law revoked.
Timeline shows when major changes take place in health law
“By finding out about what’s in the new law and when the various provisions go into effect, you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family,” said Deborah Banda.
Most in Mass. insured: Access to care tight
The report found that while 97 percent of the state's residents were insured, in part due to the state's 2006 health care law, finding a doctor wasn't always easy. Only 44 percent of primary care doctors are accepting new patients, and hospital emergency departments, where care is typically more expensive than in a doctor’s office, are increasingly providing primary health services.
Soon the government check won’t be in the mail
Officials have settled on the dates when millions of people will no longer be able to get their Social Security and other benefit checks by mail.
Social Security benefits to go up by 1.7 percent
WASHINGTON —
More than 56 million Social Security recipients will see their monthly payments go up by 1.7 percent next year.
The increase, which starts in...
Medicaid for the middle class?
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
WASHINGTON –
President Barack Obama’s health care law would let several million middle-class people get nearly free insurance meant for the poor, a...
How does Mass. $30.6 billion state budget affect retirees
BOSTON —
Massachusetts lawmakers on Thursday filed a 2012 state budget that includes no new taxes and effectively does not cut state aid to cities...
On This Day: February 24 – Boston Red Sox player Tony Conigliaro died
BOSTON - Boston Red Sox slugger and right fielder Tony Conigliaro died on this day in 1990 at the age of 45.
Conigliaro was a...
Another home care wait list starts today
BOSTON —
A second waiting list for elder home care began today. “This is just policy madness,” said Al Norman, executive director of Mass Home...
State considers Silver Alert Response System
The legislation would create a new silver alert community response system, which would be used to alert public safety departments and private safety departments, when an adult with serious memory impairment such as Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia is reported to a police department as a missing person.
