Massachusetts health care reform

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New Massachusetts State Budget Eliminates Health Coverage for 28,000 Legal Immigrants

July 25, 2009 / 2 comments / 1684 views

Hispanic News Briefs From New England Newspapers By Pedro Pizano, FI2W contributor BOSTON, Mass. — The state Senate is seeking $130 million in savings by kicking “aliens with special status” out of Commonwealth Care, a subsidized insurance program for low-income…

Immigrants, Physicians Look to Obama for Health Care Reform

January 13, 2009 / no comments / 1837 views

By Eduardo A. de Oliveira EthnicNewz.org and FI2W reporter When Barack Obama begins to focus on health reform as part of his lengthy to-do list, the new President probably won’t address the case of Pretinha, a 64-year-old undocumented housecleaner from…