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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Homeless Children Are Unacceptable
“As far as health condition and medical care are concerned, [homeless] children are prisoners of their socioeconomic and insurance status.”- America’s Youngest Outcasts: State Report Card on Child Homelessness, The National Center on Family Homelessness A recent report (www.homelesschildrenamerica.org) by … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Health
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Should Insurers Be Allowed To Discriminate Based On Age?
Yesterday’s news was that insurers are ‘offering’ to phase out their practice of charging higher premiums to sick people if national health reform includes a mandate for coverage. Skeptics denigrated the concession, particularly because it did not apply to small … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care Market
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Addressing Health Disparities in a time of Economic Crisis
On Wednesday, the Kaiser Family Foundation hosted a live webcast that explored the national economic downturn’s impact on health in communities of color. Hosted by the Foundation’s Senior Policy Analyst Cara James, PhD, the forum facilitated the Massachusetts Department of … Continue reading
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Children’s Mental Health: Work Still Needs To Be Done
Earlier this week, the Joint Coalition on Health for Central Massachusetts released a needs assessment for mental health and substance abuse. The Coalition’s findings were troubling, but in many ways unsurprising. The report showed that despite a strong network of … Continue reading
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Tobacco Free Mass Coalition Kick Butts!
Our friends at Tobacco Free Massachusetts (TFM) recently proposed a tobacco tax bill (HD 2773) to close loopholes on other tobacco products (OTP) sponsored by Representative Jonathan Hecht and Senator Jamie Eldridge. This bill is supported by Health Care For … Continue reading
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The Last Word on Mass Health Reform and National Reform (not)
The ongoing discussion of the relevance and lessons of Massachusetts health reform for national reform keeps on going. But maybe now there will be some clarity. Yesterday a thoughtful voice entered the conversation and tried to set everyone straight. Anthony … Continue reading
Posted in MA Health Reform, US health policy
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Gov’s Press Conference on FMAP Funds
Today at noon, the Governor held a press conference at Cambridge Health Alliance to announce an additional $764 million in federal recovery funds and his plan for their use. Introduced by Cambridge Health Alliance CEO Dennis Keefe and flanked by … Continue reading
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Already Covering the Uninsured
This week we celebrate Covered the Uninsured Week (March 22-28), organized by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Here in Massachusetts, we are ahead of the curve, with an additional 432,000 people insured and the country’s lowest uninsurance rate – just … Continue reading
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RWJ Awards Massachusetts $1 million for Maximizing Enrollment for Kids Initiative
Massachusetts Office of Medicaid, in collaboration with UMASS Medical School, will receive $1 million from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to participate in a national initiative to increase enrollment of children eligible for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Massachusetts … Continue reading
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Medical Errors…It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way
It took a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick for health officials to recognize the medical errors that harmed Michael Hicks of Quincy, Massachusetts. Hicks’ story recently appeared in the Boston Herald as it became evident that the 40-year-old Quincy man … Continue reading
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