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By Michael J. Widmer  |  March 17, 2010 WHETHER REAL or manufactured, Beacon Hill is struggling with the 2010 version of the health care crisis. The focus this time is… Read more »

Quick action vital, Senate leader says; Costs in Mass. rose 15% in two years By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff  |  March 17, 2010 Massachusetts Senate leaders indicated yesterday that they… Read more »

By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff  |  March 16, 2010 The chief executive of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the state’s largest private health insurer, abruptly resigned yesterday, just… Read more »

Harvard Pilgrim lists hospital, doctor fees; State to open hearing on health care costs By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff  |  March 16, 2010 Newly released documents from a major insurer… Read more »

Unanimous Vote Comes as More Than 250 Nurses Flooded the State House Pushing for Passage of Legislation to Curtail Increasing Incidents of Workplace Violence Against Health Care Workers

MNA members from Region 4 were very busy in March, meeting with their legislators to help put an end to workplace violence. On March 15th, a group of Region 4… Read more »

WHAT: More than 200 nurses from across the Commonwealth, many of whom are the victims of workplace violence, will converge at the State House for a press conference and lobby… Read more »

By Derrick Z. Jackson, Globe Columnist  |  March 30, 2010 IN THE days before the health care bill was passed, President Obama vowed it would “end the worst practices of… Read more »

Caritas hospitals could carve niche under new owner By Steven Syre and Robert Gavin, Globe Staff  |  March 30, 2010 The New York private equity firm that last week struck… Read more »

By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff  |  March 30, 2010 Shaw’s Supermarkets Inc. and its striking employees failed to reach an agreement when they met yesterday with a federal mediator. Workers’… Read more »