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SPOTLIGHT: Romney fights attacks on MA health reforms

November 28, 2007 — 7:59am ET
Everyone knows that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) comes with considerable healthcare industry baggage, given her involvement in the failed healthcare reform scheme backed by her husband. Now,... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Healthcare playing major role in 2008 race

March 6, 2007 — 8:01pm ET


At this point, it's become a necessity for presidential hopefuls to take a position on healthcare. Candidates like Barack Obama (D-IL), Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and John Edwards (D-NC) have all come out in favor of a universal health plan. Republicans like Mitt Romney and Tommy Thompson are expected to jump on the issue as well. But do the candidates really understand the issues? Article

Kennedy calls for universal health

January 10, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

It's 2007, and universal healthcare is in the air. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) has called for the federal government to follow Massachusetts' example and extend healthcare to all Americans. Kennedy recently assumed the role of chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which deals with a number of health-related issues. In his first day on the job, Kennedy called in …

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MA halts mental health admissions

November 20, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Faced with substantial state budget cuts, the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health will stop accepting inpatient admissions to all state hospitals and psych units as of Wednesday. The state currently manages about 850 inpatient psych beds, but those are full. Clinicians will only be able to accept more patients when the patient population begins to recede. The closure comes in response to the elimination of 170 Department of Mental Health positions, taking place as part of Governor …

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Gulf coast healthcare still in bad shape

August 21, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

A report in Modern Healthcare paints a grim picture of the healthcare system in the Gulf region, post Hurricane Katrina. Since being devastated by the storm last year, $100 billion in government aid has been sent to the affected areas. But little of that money has found its way into the area's ruined health system. "Seven of the 15 hospitals that shut down in the flooding remain closed, and the feds won't pay to rebuild them. Overcrowded clinics in trailers and a converted …

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Day likely to get Mass. Connector post

June 15, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

An official at Harvard University is likely to get a key post running day-to-day operations of the Massachusetts Health Insurance Connector Authority. Rosemarie Day, currently the chief of staff for the dean of the Kennedy School of Government, is "very likely" to be named to the post, according to sources. The Connector is charged with implementing Gov. Mitt Romney's ambitious plan to transform the state's insurance industry by mandating individual coverage. That may make the position …

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Schwarzenegger to launch healthcare push

June 12, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) said last week he wants to convene a summit to discuss ways in which the state can develop a new healthcare system that will offer assistance to residents unable to afford care. That's led to speculation that Schwarzenegger will propose some variant of the popular insurance reform plan developed by Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. It's probably not a coincidence that Romney (R) was in San Diego last week for the annual meeting of America's Health …

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Romney addresses AHIP on Mass. health plan

June 8, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Addressing the annual meeting of America's Health Insurance Plans in San Diego, Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) told insurers that they have a prominent role to play in his plan for health insurance reform in Massachusetts. Romney predicted that others will follow his state's lead in developing innovative solutions to the uninsurance problem. "Other states are going to learn from us," Romney said. That does indeed appear to be happening. The San Diego Union Tribune reports that earlier …

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Mass. plan may limit hospital choice

June 7, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

And the plot thickens. At the first meeting of the Massachusetts group charged with implementing the state's ambitious insurance reform plan, a state official said that the best way of keeping the program's costs down would be to "restrict patient access to a limited number of hospitals." The Massachusetts Connector is charged with implementing Gov. Mitt Romney's plan to require that all state residents maintain health insurance. Under the proposal, insurers will play a major role in …

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ALSO NOTED: Mass. insurance plan costly for low-income residents; Healthcare and nat'l security top voter concerns;and much mor

June 5, 2006 — 8:00pm ET

> Mass. Governor Mitt Romney's administration releases a report that concludes that the state's new mandatory insurance plan could cost low-income residents as much as $140 a month. Article 

> A new study finds that healthcare and national security top the list of concerns for potential voters in the upcoming elections. …

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