By Joseph Williams, Globe Staff | March 30, 2009 WASHINGTON – Union canvassers in Boston are pursuing two urgent missions – organizing the city’s big teaching hospitals and trying to… Read more »
Year: 2009
Labor effort aimed at Hub health workers (MS)
Times Examines Massachusetts Health Insurance Law as Model for U.S. Health Reform (MC)
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Coverage & Access|New York Times Examines Massachusetts Health Insurance Law as Model for U.S. Health Reform[Mar 30, 2009] "By tackling cost at the same time… Read more »
Recommendations for U.S. Health Care System Overhaul (MC)
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Coverage & Access|Health Reform Dialogue Coalition Releases Recommendations for U.S. Health Care System Overhaul [Mar 30, 2009] A coalition representing health care firms, patients and… Read more »
Labor effort aimed at Hub health workers
By Joseph Williams, Globe Staff | March 30, 2009 WASHINGTON – Union canvassers in Boston are pursuing two urgent missions – organizing the city’s big teaching hospitals and trying to… Read more »
A Lesson on Health Care From Massachusetts (MC)
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Costs, concerns rise on home healthcare (DS)
Abuse, fraud stir call for oversight By David Abel, Globe Staff | March 28, 2009 One personal care attendant was arrested last year in Boston, accused of leaving a quadriplegic… Read more »
Quick Reference Guide to Viewing Your Bargaining Unit on the New MNA Website
Kennedy returns to Hill as work on health plan is gearing up (MS)
Health insurance woes hit workers (MS)
WASHINGTON – American workers – whose taxes pay for massive government health programs – are getting squeezed like no other group by private health insurance premiums that are rising much… Read more »
Only 1.5% of hospitals have electronic records (MC)
No big surprise that in an unregulated world – where hospitals are not mandated to install electronic health records -you get a 1.5% compliance rate! This is a documented patient… Read more »
