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Monthly Archives: November 2009
HCFA Letter to Editor Points Out Consumer Role in Health Care
The New York Times Magazine yesterday published a letter-to-the-editor sent in by HCFA in response to the article on Intermountain Healthcare that was published 3 weeks ago (read our blog overview of the story). The letter points out that while … Continue reading
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Health Care Financing Committee to hold December 3 Public Hearing
Thursday, the legislature’s Joint Committee on Health Care Financing will hear two key bills affecting young people: S.39 / H.188 – An Act to Assure Continuity of Health Coverage For Children, and S. 609 – An Act Relative to the … Continue reading
Parabéns
Congratulations to HCFA Outreach Manager Dayanne Leal on receiving the Community Activist of 2009 award. Dayanne was honored this week by Assistencia Total Brasileira at its First Annual Thanksgiving Fundraiser and Award Dinner. Assistenica Total recognized Dayanne for her outstanding … Continue reading
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Sen. Kirk: As the Senate prepared to vote…, my memory flashed back to my days as a young staffer working for Sen. Ted Kennedy…
Senator Paul Kirk has published his reflections on voting on health care reform. He cast his vote Saturday from Senator Kennedy’s desk, and it surely weighed on him: Kennedy’s voice, his energy and his unique legislative skills are deeply missed … Continue reading
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Infections Going Down for Many Possible Reasons
A Boston Globe article looks at the decrease in infection rates at a number of Boston-area hospitals and cites a number of possible reasons for the decline. Among those reasons mentioned are the upcoming public reports on hospital-acquired infections that … Continue reading
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Children Are Not Little Adults
On Friday, Dr. James Mandell, CEO of Children’s Hospital Boston, presented “Children are not Little Adults: A Pediatric View on Payment and Insurance Reform” at the Health Law and Policy Forum Brown Bag Lunch Series. Through case studies, Dr. Mandell … Continue reading
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Massachusetts Employer Coverage Success Cited in Senate Health Reform Bill
Is the individual mandate unconstitutional? Experts say no, but the far right keeps claiming the mandate goes beyond the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce. The Senate health reform bill includes a section to make the case that the … Continue reading
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Thank you Nancy Ridley!
The Public Health Council met on Wednesday for its monthly meeting. The Council meeting was the last time Nancy Ridley would present to the group, and as Commissioner Auerbach noted, “probably no person has come before the PHC as many … Continue reading
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Medical Errors and Empowered Patients
CNN.com reports on the story of a pregnant woman named Kerry who was given a CT scan of the abdomen when she went in to the emergency room after experiencing bleeding. It turned out that the hospital made a mistake … Continue reading
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Great American Healthup
Massachusetts does it again! By thinking outside the box, the state has provided accessible tools for MassHealth adults to quit smoking, and the program has seen unprecedented success. Today, on the eve of the Great American Smokeout, the Massachusetts Tobacco … Continue reading
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