The Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association (MHA) has recently expressed its opposition to the concept of Medicare for All, claiming that a single-payer system could result in an underfunded health care system that could ultimately harm health care…

Proposed merger of Partners, Harvard Pilgrim raises more questions than answers

A proposed merger between Partners Health Care, Massachusetts’ largest hospital network, and Harvard Pilgrim, one of the state’s major insurers, may cut costs for the companies but that doesn’t necessarily mean that savings will be passed onto consumers…

Nancy Kane

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