Boston Medical Center ends policy allowing migrant families to shelter overnight

Community and health workers gather on Boston Common by the Massachusetts State House demanding that state and federal agencies provide greater support to migrants and asylum seekers.  (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Boston Medical Center is ending a policy that has allowed dozens of homeless families, mostly newly arrived migrants, to stay overnight in the hospital on many nights over the past year. The hospital now prevents families from seeking refuge there unless they need medical treatment. Instead, the hospital reroutes them to other facilities after a … Read more

Biden launches new push to limit health care costs hoping to prove he can save money for families

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, July 6, 2023. Senior Swedish and Turkish officials arrived at NATO headquarters on Thursday to review Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's objections accession of the Nordic country to the military alliance and to see what more, if anything, could be done to break the deadlock.  (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

WASHINGTON (AP) President Joe Biden on Friday launched a new set of initiatives to reduce health care costs: a crackdown on scam insurance plans, new guidelines to prevent surprise medical bills, and an effort to reduce medical-related debt to credit cards. Bidens’ remarks will build previous initiatives to limit health care costs, with the Department … Read more