Category: Health Care
Gov. Baker: Bill would expand mental health care services
Gov. Baker: Bill would expand mental health care services Close Modal Boston.com Newsletter Signup Boston.com Logo Stay up to date…
Gov. Charlie Baker to announce ‘comprehensive new health care legislation’ Tuesday afternoon
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will announce a new piece of health care legislation Tuesday afternoon in hopes of increasing access…
Massachusetts spent $1.5 billion less on health care in first year of pandemic
© Erin Clark / Globe Staff A medical worker processed patient information while working at UMass Memorial Medical Center in…
How Washington lawmakers did — and didn’t — boost mental health care this year
The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded…
Health Matters: Turnover in the health care workforce and its effects on patients
Qing Yang and Kevin Parker Previously, we’ve written about how the COVID-19 pandemic put a strain on health care facilities…
Huge boost for Native American health care left out of federal spending bill
One section of the $1.5 trillion spending bill passed by Congress shocked tribal health care providers. Lawmakers in both chambers…
VA chief to recommend hospital closures and expansions in restructuring of the country’s largest health-care system
© Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Veteran John Caruso, center, talks with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough during President Biden’s visit to…
N.J. lawmakers pledge to improve mental health care. Here’s how.
New Jersey lawmakers are calling for a coordinated effort to improve access and affordability for mental health care, just days…
How the pandemic may fundamentally change the health-care system
Welcome to Friday’s Health 202, where today we have a special spotlight on the pandemic two years in. Send us…
Nonprofit Feed the Frontlines NYC works with local restaurants to provide free meals to health care workers and New Yorkers in need
NEW YORK — We are approaching the two-year anniversary of New York City restaurants shutting down because of COVID. One…
