3+ hour, 44+ min ago  (481+ words) Three Massachusetts human service organizations will cut a combined 200 jobs due to funding losses to care management providers. Community Counseling of Bristol County will lay off 52 employees, Community Healthlink will cut 78, and Innovative Care Partners will eliminate 70 positions." The layoffs…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (484+ words) The commission that oversees health insurance for state employees has voted to end coverage of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss, a decision driven by soaring costs that officials say are straining the state budget. In a 10-7 vote last Thursday, the…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (762+ words) After years of steady decline, Massachusetts" insurer of last resort is suddenly swelling " a shift that experts say is beginning to raise concerns about the state"s housing and insurance markets. As noted in the latest'report, the FAIR Plan enrolled…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (403+ words) As open enrollment approaches, the state's version of the Affordable Care Act exchange began warning Massachusetts residents about skyrocketing premiums as Congress continues its stalemate over the federal subsidies. As the federal shutdown continues, Democratic lawmakers are pushing to pass…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1088+ words) By Jason Laughlin, The Boston Globe For hundreds of thousands of people across Massachusetts, the fight at the center of the government shutdown carries frightening and immediate consequences: Can they continue to afford government-backed health insurance, or will they face…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (526+ words) President Donald Trump made the announcement in the Oval Office with Astra Zeneca CEO Pascal Soriot, who said that during tough negotiations to reach a deal, Trump and his team of officials had "really kept me up at night." Under…...

11+ mon, 3+ day ago  (502+ words) The U. S. House of Representatives reconciliation bill, dubbed the "big, beautiful bill" by President Donald Trump, will wreak havoc on Massachusetts health insurers, officials say." The bill, which the U. S. House passed on Thursday, would cut $1. 75 billion from Mass Health, the state's…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (304+ words) The pharmaceutical company Vertex is laying off 125 employees in Rhode Island and consolidating offices, following the discontinuation of a Type 1 diabetes study." According to a company spokesperson, development of the VX-264 program'also known as the "cells plus device" project'was halted because…...