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Hospital, union, clash over policy (DS)
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report (MC)
California Nurses Association Will Work Together To Unionize Hospital Workers, Promote Universal Health Coverage The
Nursing Groups Merge, Form 150,000 Member Union (MC)
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 »
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
Milton Hospital finances in a bind (MS)
Investments, patient drop-off taking tollBy Jeffrey Krasner Globe Staff / March 17, 2009 Hit by declining patient volumes, lower investment income, and competition from nearby institutions, Milton Hospital faces a… Read more »
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 »