Health Care

Baker files sweeping health care bill

Baker files sweeping health care bill

Legislation would boost primary care, community hospitals

By Colin A. Young community hospitals, Health Care, primary care 0 Comments Oct 19, 2019

STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS and insurers would be required to boost their spending on addiction services, behavioral health, primary care, and geriatric services by 30 percent over the next three years under a sweeping health care bill that Gov. Charlie Baker filed Friday afternoon. The governor’s bill, which also seeks to help(...)

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