GLOBE COLUMNIST Scot Lehigh has renewed efforts to stir up controversy at the expense of public workers and their unions ("
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Privatization debate (MS)
Residential units, medical center envisioned for Mission Hill area (MS)
The Massachusetts Mental Health Center in Mission Hill would be demolished and in its place Brigham and Women’s Hospital would build a residential and medical complex on some of the… Read more »
Support single-payer health care (DS)
By ROSEMARY KOFLER and LESLIE NYMANPublished on May 22, 2009 National Nurses Day, May 7, honored nurses for their contributions to quality patient care. Nurses are proud to have the… Read more »
Public health alarm sounded City urged not to privatize jobs
By Nick Kotsopoulos TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
Agreement Reached!
After more than 22 hours of negotiations, the Tufts Medical Center have reached a tentative agreement after the hospital presented a final offer that met most of the issues nurses… Read more »
Doctor-patient e-link may have downsides (MS)
Prototypes My fellow hypochondriacs: We are entering a brave, new world, indeed. We will soon be able to torment our primary care doctors (presuming they read their messages) with devices… Read more »
$2 trillion saved, just like that? (MS)
ALTHOUGH the nation’s doctors, hospitals, insurers, and drug makers are promising to limit cost increases voluntarily, there isn’t enough meat in their proposal to back up a White House estimate… Read more »
How not to pay for healthcare (MS)
Congress ended up repealing that law in 1989, when part of its funding mechanism, a surtax of up to $800 a year on wealthier seniors, proved wildly unpopular. Seniors had… Read more »
National RN Day of Action
Worcester public school nurses meet with school committee members
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterMay 2009 Edition