Medicare paid for meds after patients were dead
WASHINGTON —
Call it drugs for the departed: A quirky bureaucratic rule led Medicare’s prescription drug program to pay for costly medications even after the...
Health overhaul unpopular, but not as feared
WASHINGTON —
Attacked as a rationing scheme and praised as a lifesaver, President Barack Obama’s health care law remains as divisive and confusing as ever....
Bay State 42nd state to enact long-term care ins. protections
BOSTON –
Yesterday, Gov. Deval Patrick signed Senate Bill No. 2359, An Act to Establish Standards for Long Term Care Insurance, into law — making...
Bay state progresses in health information exchange network
BOSTON—
Massachusetts officials are announcing that the Obama administration has approved $16.9 million in funding to help develop a statewide Health Information Exchange network that...
It’s Day 6 of Covid, and a Rapid Antigen Test Comes Back Positive. Stay...
By Rae Ellen Bichell
REGION - What does it mean if a person’s rapid antigen test result comes back positive after five days of isolation due...
New Medicare chief says don’t ration health care
Berwick broke his silence yesterday, telling an audience of health insurance industry representatives that pushing back against unsustainable costs cannot and should not involve “withholding from us, or our neighbors, any care that helps’’ or “harming one hair on anyone’s head.”
More than 3 million seniors may have to switch drug plans
A plan by Medicare to try to make it simpler for consumers to pick drug coverage could force 3 million seniors to switch plans next year whether they like it or not, says an independent analysis.
Pre-existing conditions covered under new law
Insurance companies will no longer be able to drop someone’s health coverage because he or she has a pre-existing condition or requires medical care.
Friendly phone chats uplift Hudson seniors’ spirit
Hudson – A number of seniors in Hudson have found a simple way to avoid loneliness. They’ve enjoyed friendly phone calls with Alexandria “Alex” Boule, a 2013 Hudson High School alum. While studying at Regis College as a social work major, she inquired about an internship last summer at the Hudson Senior Center with its director Janice Long. That meeting resulted in a new program for the center known as Friendly Chat.
Possible outcomes in pivotal health care law case
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Mark Sherman
WASHINGTON —
Some are already anticipating the Supreme Court’s ruling on President Barack Obama’s health care law as the “decision...
