Category: Massachusetts

  • 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),…

  • Make the Governor’s Records Public

    Secretary of State Bill Galvin supports a bill to have the governor’s office follow the public records law. “The idea that the most powerful position in the state and its records are not subject to public scrutiny is absurd,” he said. His bill would make the governor’s office documents open to the public for the…

  • MA Medicare for All

    MA Medicare for All Dear Chairpersons Friedman and Lawn, and members of the Joint Committee on Health Care Finance, I’m a resident of Florence, writing to supply evidence supporting An Act Establishing Medicare for all in Massachusetts. I’ve worked as a front-line private physician providing medical care for 40 years. I’ve directly seen the strengths…