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Warren, Markey knock 'looting' of health care by private equity
The U.S. senators are looking for ways to prevent situations like Steward Health Care's financial crisis from happening again. -
Auge de los negocios en el Boston Harbor hace que las comunidades portuarias paguen los costes sanitarios
Massport ha invertido recientemente cientos de millones de dólares en la ampliación de la terminal para poder recibir más buques y de mayor tamaño procedentes de más puertos de todo el mundo.Poisoned Ports -
Lawmakers zero in on private equity in health care amid Steward troubles
Legislative leaders tasked the Health Policy Commission with investigating potential gaps in the state's regulatory framework and ways to prevent a repeat of the problems at Steward facilities. -
Diet, medication, and surgery can help people of color with obesity
Black Americans are more likely to have obesity than white Americans. Why is this, and how can people with obesity address it? -
Healey's office says Steward provided 'insufficient' financial info, must leave Mass.
Gov. Maura Healey gave the beleaguered health care system until the end of the day Friday to provide details about its finances. -
A year after fire, Brockton Hospital aims to reopen in the spring
One year after a 10-alarm fire forced the evacuation of 162 patients and left the South Shore without much-needed hospital beds, Brockton Hospital says it plans to reopen in the late spring. -
Community nonprofits are already casualties of Steward Health financial crisis
St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center has quietly backed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in support for Allston and Brighton community groups -
On Roxbury Walgreens’ last day, local community leaders consider legal action
The closure follows other shutdowns in Mattapan, Hyde Park and a separate Roxbury location. The trend is raising concerns that Boston's communities of color are losing important access to health care. -
Wake Up Well: Why we talk about mental health
There's been more of a push to talk about our mental health, and this year we are joining that conversation with a new series called Wake Up Well. -
Boston families will have access to grants from opioid settlement funds
The city of Boston announced the "Family Overdose Support Fund" for families who lost loved ones in the opioid epidemic. It's the first use of the city's payments from Massachusetts' $230 million settlement with opioid manufacturers.