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Massachusetts Senate wants to address primary-care doctor shortage - The New Bedford Light

30% of Massachusetts residents who have had difficulty accessing primary care, according to a 2025 report from the Center for Health Information and Analysis....Meanwhile, only 6.6% of commercial healthcare spending in Massachusetts was directed to primary care in 2024, according to a report from the Center for Health Information and Analysis.

The New Bedford Light July 16, 2026

$170m in medical debt erased for 140,000 Eastern Mass. residents in nonprofit deal

More than 12% of state residents have medical debt, according to the Center for Health Information and Analysis’ 2023 Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey.

The Bay State Banner July 16, 2026

Mass. health care faces ‘crisis’ after Supreme Court ruling ends TPS for Haitians

The state’s Center for Health Information and Analysis found the need for nurses is highest in nursing homes, with a 26% nursing vacancy rate.

GBH July 8, 2026

Mass. tying medical debt credit ban proposal to provider licensing

The biennial Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey found that 13.5% of residents had family medical debt, with the vast majority incurring debt while they and all their household family members had insurance coverage...according to the survey conducted by the Center for Health Information and Analysis.

NBC Boston July 1, 2026

Gov. Healey proposes ban on reporting medical debt to credit agencies

Gov. Maura Healey announced on Tuesday a regulations proposal that would block licensed healthcare providers, as well as debt collectors working for them, from reporting medical debt to consumer credit agencies. The biennial Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey found that 13.5% of residents had family medical debt, with the vast majority incurring debt while they and all their household family members had insurance coverage. About 41% of people were contacted by a collection agency about their debt, according to the survey conducted by the Center for Health Information and Analysis.

WBUR June 30, 2026

Mass. poised to ban medical debt from being reported to credit agencies

Governor Healey said the move would protect patients from long-term financial harm due to an illness or injury....More than one in eight Massachusetts residents, or more than 12 percent, have some sort of medical debt, according to a 2025 study from the Center for Health Information and Analysis, despite near-universal health insurance levels in the state. Families with incomes between 139 and 500 percent of the federal poverty line and Black residents were more likely to have $2,000 or more in medical debt, the study found. Patients often forgo other medical care as a result.

Boston Globe June 30, 2026

Massachusetts Senate passes bill to overhaul primary care

The measure would require hospitals, clinicians, and commercial insurers to increase spending on primary care. A report issued by the state Center for Health Information and Analysis and the nonprofit Massachusetts Health Quality Partners contained.....

Boston Globe June 18, 2026

Mass. Senate primary care bill raises financial questions

Massachusetts state senators plan to vote on a bill seeking to increase primary care access, but questions remain about how it will be funded.

The doctor will see you -- eventually

Senate’s primary care bill would shift dollars in aim for greater patient access