Year: 2010

By Gerry Tuoti

By Derrick Z. Jackson, Globe Columnist  |  March 2, 2010 THERE HAS been no discussion of single payer. The public option has been ditched. President Obama received no Republican support… Read more »

By Susanne L. King  |  March 2, 2009 MASSACHUSETTS HAS been lauded for its healthcare reform, but the program is a failure. Created solely to achieve universal insurance coverage, the… Read more »

Tells Democrats it’s time to bypass GOP objections By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff  |  March 4, 2010 WASHINGTON – President Obama increased the pressure on Congress yesterday to take an… Read more »

Leaning toward reconciliation, Obama aide says By Anne E. Kornblut, Washington Post  |  March 1, 2010 WASHINGTON – Raising the prospect of a “simple up-or-down vote’’ on the health care… Read more »

Strapped towns seek law change By Sean P. Murphy, Globe Staff  |  March 1, 2010 Second of two parts It was the spring of 2009, and Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll,… Read more »

Betty Sparks, RN (left), chairperson for the emergency preparedness task force of the Massachusetts Nurses Association and an operating room nurse at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, Mass., encourages all nurses –… Read more »

Commonwealth Care program faced budget cutback last year By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff  |  February 26, 2010 Massachusetts’ exclusion of thousands of legal immigrants from state-subsidized health coverage is unconstitutional… Read more »

Democrats lay path to pass bill in majority vote By Lisa Wangsness and Susan Milligan, Globe Staff  |  February 26, 2010 WASHINGTON -President Obama and congressional leaders gathered for an… Read more »