Steve LeBlanc

Associated Press

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April 19, 2024

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April 19, 2024

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Boston Scientific Recalls Conformable Embolic After 2 Deaths

April 18, 2024

Democratic U.S. Sen. Edward Markey called on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, for greater oversight of a deal that financially embattled hospital operator Steward Health Care has struck to sell its nationwide physician network to Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, at a press conference in his office at the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in Boston. Markey said Optum must show it can protect health care access by controlling costs and putting patients and providers first.

Steward Health Care to Sell Its Nationwide Physician Network to Optum

The Dallas-based company operates more than 30 hospitals nationwide.

April 3, 2024

Vinita Rampuria, front, and her husband Ashoke Rampuria, of Acton, Mass., sit for a photograph, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at their home in Acton. The couple, whose son has struggled with mental illness and has been in and out of mental health care facilities for more than a decade, are supporting efforts in Massachusetts to create a new law that would let judges order the severely mentally ill into mandatory outpatient care after being released from a mental health institution.

Massachusetts Weighs Letting Judges Order Mental Health Care

Massachusetts, along with Connecticut and Maryland, are the only states that don't give courts that authority.

April 6, 2023

The Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center is surrounded by fencing, Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Lancaster, Mass.

Organs in Exchange for Freedom? Bill Raises Ethical Concerns

The bill may run afoul of federal law, which bars the sale of human organs.

February 9, 2023