Study: Small nonprofits lag in benefits - Boston Business Journal

Study: Small nonprofits lag in benefits Boston Business Journal,  USA ... according to a study sponsored by the Boston Foundation, Braver PC and the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network. Just over half of the Massachusetts nonprofits with annual budgets of less than $250000 offer employee health insurance benefits, ...
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Washington Post Response: Massachusetts Reform is NOT a Model. New Republic, DC Diane is also the founder and past president
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Mass. healthcare reform is failing us - Boston Globe

Mass. healthcare reform is failing us Boston Globe, United States We must let Congress know we want improved access to affordable healthcare for all, not more expensive private health insurance we can't afford to use when we are sick. Massachusetts healthcare reform fails on all five Institute of Medicine criteria. ... Video: Burr: Washington in a State of Denial AssociatedPress Obama's $634 billion downpayment on health care American Thinker Comment by Frances Beinecke  President, Natural Resources Defense
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Black bloggers make impact in Mass. (New England Cable News)

(NECN: Boston, Mass.) - The United States invests about $2 trillion every year in health care. Even still, 45 million Americans remain uninsured. The five-year waiting period of legal immigrant children to quality for health assistance was removed last week when President Obama signed into law the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2009. It renews and expands the state ...
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Budget Process Committee: Health insurance
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DiMasi sees possible 10 percent cut in local aid (The Eagle-Tribune)

BOSTON — Predicting a reduction in state aid to cities and towns of up to 10 percent next fiscal year, Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi said yesterday he would seek to help municipalities cut costs by removing an organized labor obstacle that prevents some municipalities from opting into the state-run health insurance program.
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Freetown switching health insurers South Coast Today, MA - 10 hours ago ... selectmen are changing the
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“Simple Words Yet Complicated Consequences” by Jon B. Hurst - WBUR

“Simple Words Yet Complicated Consequences” by Jon B. Hurst WBUR, MA - Jul 18, 2008 Two years into the Massachusetts health insurance mandate law and we find ourselves with a great success story on access and coverage. ...
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Massachusetts insurers and business owners have one question for Gov. Deval Patrick: Why us? Patrick is looking to tap insurers, businesses and hospitals to help close a looming
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