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2/4/2013
Steward reshapes Mass. health care business
Steward reshapes Mass. health care business
For-profit hospital chain is growing fast; cutting costs with tough management, innovation
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1/10/2013
Mass. gov.: Freeze unemployment insurance rates
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Deval Patrick said Tuesday he will file legislation that would freeze unemployment insurance rates for Massachusetts businesses and end parts of the state’s landmark 2006 health care law that is at odds with the federal Affordable Care Act.
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1/9/2013
Mayor Menino declares public health emergency in Boston because of flu outbreak
Mayor Thomas M. Menino declared a public health emergency Wednesday morning because of the expanding flu outbreak. Health care centers across the city will be offering free vaccines to anyone who hasn’t yet been immunized. The city has 700 confirmed cases of flu so and four flu-related deaths. Last year Boston had only 70 confirmed cases.
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12/13/2012
Massachusetts Tops Nation in Cost of Health Insurance
Massachusetts is once again the most expensive state in the nation to buy health insurance, according to a new study that draws a sobering portrait of the damage that rising medical premiums are doing to businesses and families.
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12/10/2012
How much does an MRI cost? Good luck finding out
Massachusetts is launching a sweeping plan to hold down health care costs. A new law is partly designed to get patients to help drive down prices by shopping for medical care.
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