Medicaid

While America will always open its heart to those in need, it cannot afford to be the welfare department for all the world's poor.

The dependency on government programs will ease with the improving economy.

There are laws that protect individual freedoms

It's bad enough Beacon Hill lawmakers are quibbling over legal marijuana, the budget and Planned Parenthood funding. The Commonwealth is hundreds of millions of dollars in red ink, and what do several Reps. and Senators propose, a single payer, taxpayer supported, Medicare for all system...

A Massachusetts dentist with 21 practices across the state, including one in New Bedford, has agreed to pay the state's Medicaid program $475,000 to resolve allegations of improper billing practices. Dr. Julia Faigel operates the Dr...

From listeners calling WBSM, to the local newspapers and television stations to Good Morning America, there's a lot criticism that's been levied against Morton Hospital for releasing the man who went on to wreak havoc, mayhem and death. According to The Standard Times, "The family of Arthur DaRosa says he was depressed and suicidal when he was admitted to Morton Hospital in Taunton on Monday

A Plymouth County Grand Jury has indicted a Middleboro woman over charges of defrauding the state's Medicaid system.

State officials say about 150,000 people have determined eligibility for insurance plans on the state's overhauled Health Connector website. But less than 1 percent has paid for 2015 coverage with a deadline fast approaching. The connector rolled out its new website on Nov...