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Today's Globe: MassHealth mailing error, deadly falls
A mailing glitch by MassHealth last month left 16,000 residents without proper notice that they might be losing their healthcare coverage or information on how to appeal a denial of coverage.
Nearly 8,000 older Americans who fell and banged their heads died from brain injury in 2005, according to a government study released yesterday.
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previously reported on business and was an editor at the paper. Earlier in
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