healthcare

Two of the region's largest healthcare providers have taken a large step towards a merger. The boards of Southcoast Health and Care New England have voted to move forward with the merging of the not-for-profit hospital and healthcare systems...

Congressman Bill Keating welcomed the latest ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld a section of the Affordable Care Act that provided taxpayer subsidies for low-income residents in nearly three dozen states that have not set up health insurance exchanges.

Former gubernatorial candidate and former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, Dr. Donald Berwick, will be speaking Tuesday night at the Whaling Museum.

Some of the most vital staff in local hospitals aren't making a living wage.

Our president has been known to use unorthodox methods to reach his target audience.

The deadline to sign up for healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act is fast approaching.

Every time you see a physician, he or she likely asks if you smoke, take medications or do one of countless other activities that affect our health. But there is one questions the doctor probably isn't asking you and should.

Massachusetts residents hoping to find health insurance can begin searching the state's revamped health care website.

Several Massachusetts health care providers are voicing concerns over a tentative pact that would allow Partners HealthCare, the state's largest hospital and physicians' network, to acquire at least three more hospitals.

A new Harvard University study suggests many more people will be making emergency room visits under ObamaCare, the opposite of the law's intent. Published in The Journal of Science, the study looks at a 40% increase in emergency room visits, for common symptoms, when Oregon expanded their Medicaid program to cover uninsured people...