Year: 2009

MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE students are not allowed to get health coverage through the state Connector Authority’s program of subsidized Commonwealth Care. So private, for-profit health insurance companies are making a killing… Read more »

By Lisa Wangsness and Susan Milligan, Globe Staff  |  November 8, 2009 WASHINGTON – House Democrats, overcoming nearly united Republican opposition and dozens of defections within their own ranks, narrowly… Read more »

U.S. hospitals see profits dive, AHA reports By

How to avoid falling victim to a hospital mistake When Kerry Higuera started bleeding three months into her pregnancy, she feared she was miscarrying. Heading to the emergency room seemed… Read more »

UMMMC Has Profit of $31 Million but Claims the Need for Concessions While UMass Memorial Medical Center has shown a profit of over $31 million in the first three quarters… Read more »

Dear Pandemic Information Group: See the link below for CDC estimates, from April to October 17, 2009, for the number of H1N1 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. CDC will now be using… Read more »

Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) MODEL STANDING ORDERS Inactivated 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine (Revised 11/09)                      These model standing orders are current as of November 2009.  They should be… Read more »

Over 200 members of the Cooley Dickinson Hospital Picketed outside the hospital on Monday.  In an attempt to inform the public that there is no reason for any layoffs the… Read more »