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Hospital butts head with union By Jennifer Huberdeau, New England Newspapers  Updated: 05/18/2010 09:12:36 AM EDTTuesday May 18, 2010 NORTH ADAMS — North Adams Regional Hospital is having problems with another… Read more »

Senate set to vote on having providers defray coverage cost By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff  |  May 18, 2010 Massachusetts hospitals are sitting on billions of dollars in reserve funds,… Read more »

May 17, 2010 SENATE REPUBLICANS haven’t even waited for the confirmation hearing for President Obama’s candidate to run Medicare and Medicaid — Dr. Donald Berwick, a Harvard pediatrician — to… Read more »

By Steven Syre, Globe Columnist  |  May 18, 2010 Big Massachusetts health insurers have been howling for months about their run-in with state regulators and the fallout from limiting premium… Read more »

By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff  |  May 18, 2010 The four major Massachusetts health insurers yesterday posted first-quarter losses totaling more than $150 million, with three of them blaming the… Read more »

Senate set to vote on having providers defray coverage cost By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff  |  May 18, 2010 Massachusetts hospitals are sitting on billions of dollars in reserve funds,… Read more »

By Joanna Weiss, Globe Columnist  |  May 18, 2010 ONE AXIOM of our Medicare system: It’s hard to understand how maddening it is until something happens to your family. Another… Read more »

State must approve hospitals’ purchase by private equity firm By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff  |  May 12, 2010 The state Department of Public Health plans to hold a half-dozen public… Read more »

Can’t agree on issue of longer school day By James Vaznis, Globe Staff  |  May 14, 2010 The Boston Teachers Union and School Superintendent Carol R. Johnson have reached stalemate… Read more »

Gathering Highlights Growth of National Nurses Movement