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Health veteran taking over financially troubled facility By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff  |  January 6, 2010 After searching nationwide for a new leader, Boston Medical Center reached into the city’s… Read more »

Urges Other Reforms to Protect Patients, Families In Final Talks on Healthcare Reform Legislation The nation’s largest union and professional organization of registered nurses today called on House members to… Read more »

January 4, 2010 IN THE epic tug of war between containing medical spending and securing access to hospitals for lower-income people, Massachusetts faces a range of options from raising Medicaid… Read more »

Overtaxed facility plans $52m 2-floor expansion By Johanna Seltz, Globe Correspondent  |  December 27, 2009 WEYMOUTH – The state has approved plans by South Shore Hospital to add two stories… Read more »

By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff  |  January 3, 2010 High-ranking physicians and executives at Partners HealthCare, which includes Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s hospitals, can no longer receive stock… Read more »

Springfield RepublicanBill to punish people convicted of assaulting health care workers clears Mass. HouseBy

Brown rips Senate bill supported by Coakley By Matt Viser, Globe Staff  |  December 29, 2009 The two major-party candidates for US Senate assailed each other’s views on health care… Read more »

By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff  |  December 25, 2009 WASHINGTON – Convening before sunrise for a historic Christmas Eve session, the Senate approved sweeping health care legislation yesterday in a… Read more »

If Mass. is indicator, cost of care could be concern in US plan By Robert Weisman and Kay Lazar, Globe Staff  |  December 25, 2009 It was a scene that… Read more »