School districts in MA have increasingly turned to courts to manage issues like chronic absenteeism. State Sen. Kennedy introduced a bill requiring school districts to refer families to Family Resource Centers before filing in court.
Hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts residents are at risk of losing health coverage over the next decade. Health officials in Massachusetts prepare for the Medicaid cuts included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
In the midst of Congressional Republicans pushing for significant cuts to Medicaid, a new study shows that Medicaid has saved tens of thousands of lives since 2010.
Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri shares an op-ed urging his colleagues to avoid cuts to Medicaid as fellow Republican lawmakers consider massive cuts to the program in their spending bill.
HLA stands with the hundreds of health care workers in Massachusetts who signed an open letter urging health care institutions to protect immigrant patients and workers.
CCA is acquired by Ohio-based nonprofit CareSource.
DPC and HLA release a statement demanding a seat at the table as decisions are made about CCA’s future under CareSource.
Allison Sesso, president of Undue Medical Debt, announces that her organization purchased $30 million in medical debt, with the help of the Atrius Health Equity Foundation, for Eastern Massachusetts residents.
Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA), one of the largest insurers of Massachusetts’ disabled, elderly, and low-income residents, is in financial turmoil. HLA is working with the Disability Policy Consortium to advocate for the state to get involved.
Medicaid is under threat as Congressional Republicans push cuts to Medicaid funding.
The CFPB’s new rule removing medical debt from most credit reports will bring relief to millions of consumers who have had their credit histories devastated by injury or illness.
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