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US senators subpoena Steward CEO to testify about hospitals' bankruptcy
Sen. Ed Markey sees a planned September hearing as a "day of reckoning" for Steward's Dr. Ralph de la Torre. -
Some asthma, diabetes and heart medications would be free under proposal from Mass. lawmakers
The Massachusetts House will debate a bill this week that would also impose new oversight on pharmaceutical benefit managers, third parties that set medications’ costs. -
$30 too much a month keeps a cancer patient in Georgia from cheaper care
Georgia hasn’t expanded Medicaid. Some people suffer more than others because of that coverage gap. -
How the Ascension cyberattack is disrupting care at hospitals
With IT systems down, staff at Ascension have to use manual processes they left behind some 20 years ago. It's the latest in a string of attacks on health care systems that house private patient data. -
Black women in Massachusetts invited to take part in groundbreaking cancer study
Providers and survivors say this is a step toward equity and turning around the high mortality rate for Black women with breast cancer -
Mass. AG plans to go after AI scammers
Campbell is also working with lawmakers on a response to the Steward Health Care crisis. -
Steward’s plan to sell doctor network to UnitedHealth is met with both skepticism and cautious optimism
Lawmakers raised immediate antitrust concerns on the potential sale. -
Pressley responds to Supreme Court’s latest abortion case: ‘I’m resolved as ever’
"I've grown tired of old white men on the far-right side of the aisle misleading the public," the Congresswoman said on GBH’s All Things Considered Wednesday. -
PCAs, patients, advocates speak out again Healey’s proposed cuts
Healey’s proposal to keep spending flat would eliminate pay for PCAs who work fewer than 10 hours per week. -
To keep a Mission Hill nursing home open, lawmakers call for government intervention
The Edgar P. Benjamin Healthcare Center in Mission Hill is facing closure this July amid allegations of financial mismanagement.