$170m in medical debt erased for 140,000 Eastern Mass. residents in nonprofit deal
Massachusetts Senate wants to address primary-care doctor shortage - The New Bedford Light
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.
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.
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.
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.....
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
State taking temperature of healthcare workforce
Licensed healthcare providers from various specialties will be receiving questionnaires from health officials as the state tries to better understand workforce challenges and career advancement aspirations.
Tufts Medicine reports $46 million losses, but some see signs of stability
In a year marked by climbing health care costs and looming federal funding cuts, Tufts Medicine appears to be holding financially steady.
UnitedHealth insurer defrauded MassHealth out of $100 million, AG lawsuit alleges
Pressure to increase revenue and profit in the Medicaid plan in the state led the company?"s top Massachusetts executive to quit, according to the complaint.
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