This city did not wait for Washington's health care overhaul. Most uninsured adults here are already reaping the benefits of a government-run health care program -- seeing doctors, filling prescriptions, and getting surgeries they could not otherwise afford. (AP, 4:52 a.m.)
A nonprofit group's campaign to hold free medical clinics for the uninsured in three states is turning into a not-so-subtle jab at moderate Democrats to support their party's efforts to reform health care. (AP, 4:51 a.m.)
The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. (AP, 6:42 a.m.)
Digging in for a long struggle, Republican senators and governors assailed the Democrats' newly minted health care legislation Thursday as a collection of tax increases, Medicare cuts and heavy new burdens for deficit-ridden states. (AP, 3:32 a.m.)
Jordan Hospital of Plymouth, a 155-bed community hospital serving a dozen towns in Plymouth and Barnstable counties, said it has formed a clinical affiliation with Boston’s Tufts Medical Center and its Floating Hospital for Children. (Boston Globe, 11/19/09)