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May 23, 2012
Originally planning to focus on education, Mitt Romney instead reignited the debate over his business credentials on Wednesday, welcoming scrutiny of the private equity firm he co-founded and declaring he's a far more qualified steward of the economy than President Barack Obama.
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By Stephen Ohlemacher |
May 23, 2012
Mitt Romney has swept all the delegates in the Kentucky and Arkansas primaries, putting him within one win of claiming the Republican nomination for president.
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By The Associated Press |
May 22, 2012
The federal government has approved $628 million to support a Massachusetts plan for improving care and lowering costs at seven hospitals that treat many of the state's poorest residents.
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By Allison Bell |
May 22, 2012
A company that helps retirement planners think about acute health care costs is adding a tool planners can use to analyze long-term care costs.
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By Andrew Taylor |
May 17, 2012
Democrats controlling the Senate rejected for the second year in a row Wednesday a budget plan passed by House Republicans.
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By Bob Salsberg |
May 15, 2012
Gov. Deval Patrick praised lawmakers Tuesday for tackling the high cost of medical care in Massachusetts while expressing reservations about some aspects of cost containment legislation, including a proposal to create a new state agency responsible for monitoring health care expenditures.
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By Thomas Beaumont |
May 15, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is criticizing President Barack Obama's handling of the national debt in Iowa, a Midwestern battleground he hasn't visited since the state's leadoff nominating caucuses.
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By Erika Niedowski |
May 15, 2012
Rhode Island's governor on Monday declared that the state will recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, giving gay couples the same rights as heterosexual ones when it comes to health insurance and a slew of other benefits.
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By Carla K. Johnson |
May 14, 2012
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn may use an executive order to establish a health insurance exchange, a website where consumers could comparison shop for insurance that's a key piece of President Barack Obama's health care law, according to Quinn's chief health care adviser.
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By Ken Thomas |
May 14, 2012
President Barack Obama tried Monday to tarnish Mitt Romney as a corporate titan who got rich by cutting rather than creating jobs, opening a new effort to undercut the Republican's claims that his background of business success is just what America needs in a time of deep economic uncertainty.
