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Healthcare disparity in Massachusetts refers to the issues in access to, and treatment of, the residents of the state of Massachusetts.Many factors contribute to healthcare disparity, including access, behavioral risk factors, family history, social determinants of health (mainly income and education), social and cultural factors, and discrimination in the clinic. [1]
The Massachusetts health care reform, commonly referred to as Romneycare, [1] was a healthcare reform law passed in 2006 and signed into law by Governor Mitt Romney with the aim of providing health insurance to nearly all of the residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Forty-one percent of Massachusetts residents reported experiencing health care affordability issues in the last 12 months, including more than half of Hispanic residents (54.9%) and Black ...
Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services Kate Walsh answers a question at a press conference at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024.
Even as Massachusetts faces the Steward crisis, the state faces other health care issues that have been the focus of legislators and officials for years, according to officials discussing the ...
A New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak that began in September 2012 sickened 798 individuals and resulted in the deaths of more than 100 people. [2] [3] [4] In September 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with state and local health departments and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), began investigating a multistate outbreak of fungal ...
"The Massachusetts health care system is on the brink of collapse and action is needed now," Deronnette said in a statement Monday afternoon. "We call upon the Healey administration and the state ...
The 2021–22 Saint Vincent Hospital strike was a labor strike involving nurses at the Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.The strike began on March 8, 2021, following disputes between the Massachusetts Nurses Association, which represents about 800 nurses at the hospital, and the hospital regarding staffing levels, and ended on January 3, 2022, after the nurses ...