Category: Health
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Standout against Anti-Abortion “Crisis Pregnancy Centers”
In these fraught times when women’s reproductive health in much of the country is subject to legislative fiat and women are criminalized for seeking standard reproductive healthcare, in Massachusetts our state legislature has been at the forefront in defending women’s healthcare and reproductive rights. Among the organizations opposing this effort in Massachusetts, are 30 or…
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Medicare is being privatized for profit. Stop Medicare REACH now
To the Editor: I am writing with my deep concern about the Medicare REACH program, which is happening now without the knowledge or consent of seniors being enrolled. This program has third-party private middlemen “managing” the medical care of seniors in traditional Medicare. This threatens the promise of Medicare as a public, nonprofit social insurance…
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Protest Against Crisis Pregnancy Centers
In these fraught times when women’s reproductive health in much of the country is subject to legislative interference and women are criminalized for seeking reproductive healthcare, in Massachusetts our state legislatures and the past two governors have secured women’s reproductive rights, folding them into a vision of “reproductive justice”. Massachusetts has been at the forefront…
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Ban Assault Weapons
In addition to the recent carnage in Nashville, last Spring 18 year-old shooters in separate incidents killed 10 adults in Buffalo, NY, and 19 children and 2 adults in Uvalde, TX, ten days apart. Both shooters were using semi-automatic guns. Nationwide there are over 415 million guns circulating in our towns and cities, 25 million…
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Keep Mask Mandate in Healthcare Settings In Massachusetts
Keep Mask Mandate in Healthcare Settings in Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey’s recent policy decision will not sufficiently protect those most vulnerable to Covid. The Governor announced that Massachusetts’s COVID-19 public health emergency will end May 11, 2023, the same time as the Federal Public Health Emergency. According to the MA Association of Health Boards (MAHB),…