Saying they need a more “powerful national movement” to protect nurses, three unions merged in late February. United American Nurses, the California Nurses Association National/Nurses Organizing Committee and the Massachusetts… Read more »
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Nursing Groups Merge, Form 150,000 Member Union (MC)
Illegal Immigrants Pose Ethical Dilemma for US Nurses Citizenship status of patients should not be obstacle to emergency treatment
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Caritas deal gets support of leading theologians (MS)
Caritas deal gets support of leading theologians Critics of a proposed joint venture between the local Catholic hospital chain and a secular insurance company say they are concerned about the… Read more »
Single-payer health care system touted
150 rally in support of concept at regional forum at UVM By Nancy Remsen, Burlington Free Press Staff Writer Dr. John Walsh, a neuroscience researcher from Worcester, Mass., stood Tuesday… Read more »
RNs from Six States Rally for Single Payer Outside White House Healthcare Forum in Vermont (DS)
March 17, 2009, 7:12PM BURLINGTON, VT - The White House may have hoped for a carefully structured discussion with a predictable and prescribed outcome that would fit smoothly into its… Read more »
Cradle of democracy?
By Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist | March 18, 2009 IF ANY STATE could be called a wholly owned subsidiary of the Democratic Party, it would be Massachusetts. Its
Mass. regulators OK joint Caritas-Centene healthcare venture (MS)
After more than a week of controversy, state regulators voted yesterday to accept a bid by a Massachusetts Catholic hospital chain and a secular health organization to provide health insurance… Read more »
Ready to act on healthcare (MS)
LAST WEEK, President Obama took a bold step on healthcare: He brought together a wide array of people who have a stake in the healthcare system with the people who… Read more »
Patrick to take on unions again (MS)
In his gas tax pitch to angry commuters, Governor Deval Patrick has insisted that he is fundamentally shaking up the transportation bureaucracy and taking a serious whack at generous union… Read more »
With Health Care for Nearly All, Massachusetts Now Faces Costs (MC)
March 16, 2009Massachusetts Faces Costs of Big Health Care Plan By