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See Where Massachusetts Ranks On Best Children's Health Care List
MASSACHUSETTS — Massachusetts ranks No. 1 in the country for children’s health care, according to a study by personal finance website WalletHub.
WalletHub noted that around 95 percent of children have health insurance.
“The bad news is that the high coverage rate hasn’t translated to lower health costs for parents, and the average amount workers pay toward employer-sponsored family coverage is over $6,500 per year,” WalletHub wrote.
Cost isn’t the only important factor in children’s health care. Other major contributors include the quality of the health care system and environmental factors like access to healthy food and fluoridated water.
The WalletHub study looked at 33 key indicators of cost, quality, and access to children’s health care.
Here’s a closer look at Massachusetts’ rankings:
- Kids’ health and access to health care: No. 3
- Kids’ nutrition, physical activity, and obesity: No. 2
- Kids’ oral health: No. 19
- Percentage of uninsured children: No. 1
- Infant death rate: No. 3
- Percentage of children with recent medical and dental checkup: tied for No. 1
Read the full study at WalletHub.
The Bay State frequently ranks at the top of health care ranking lists. Newsweek recently ranked 15 Massachusetts hospitals among the best in the world. Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, both in Boston, were in the top 10.
Last year, Boston Children’s Hospital and Mass General Children’s Hospital were both ranked among the best pediatric medical centers in the country.
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Massachusetts woman dies after procedure at Somerville home, liposuction operation reportedly under investigation
An Everett woman has died after undergoing a medical procedure at a Somerville home, according to police who are reportedly investigating an illegal liposuction operation.
The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and Somerville Police on Monday announced the Everett woman’s death and a Somerville woman’s hospitalization following recent procedures at a local home.
Everett police officers on Friday had responded to a Bucknam Street home for a 35-year-old woman in medical distress. She was transported to CHA Everett, where she was pronounced dead.
Police determined that the woman underwent a medical procedure a day before at a Somerville home.
Detectives found out that another woman had also undergone a medical procedure at the same location. That woman was transported to a Boston hospital, where she remained on Monday.
“The investigation into the details of the alleged medical procedure and how the women’s injuries were sustained is ongoing at this time,” the Middlesex DA’s Office said in a statement.
The medical procedure was reportedly liposuction, as police investigate the alleged illegal liposuction operation, according to reports.
The Everett woman’s death has been referred to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and a ruling on the cause of death is pending.
The investigation is being conducted by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the DA’s Office, and Somerville Police.
Police are urging anyone with information to contact Somerville Police at 617-625-1600 or Massachusetts State Police detectives at 781-897-6600.
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Here's Who Pays for Massachusetts Governor Healey's Trip to Italy
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey seems to be among the most-traveled chief executives in recent memory, given the number of trips she has taken in the short time she has been in office.
When you think she is home to stay for a while, she is off again on another adventure. Some of it is even business-related.
Since assuming office on January 5, 2023, Healey has racked up the frequent flier miles.
In March 2024, Healey’s handlers and some in the press had a dust-up over whether the governor should have to announce when she is leaving town and where she goes. The administration blinked.
In the first 16 months of her administration, Healey traveled to Florida, Washington, North Carolina, Ireland, Puerto Rico and New Hampshire, that I can recall. She has been to DC at least a couple of times.
A March 19, 2024 report by Politico said up to that point, “Healey has spent at least 47 nights and 65 days out of state since taking office, according to a Playbook analysis of her calendars, news reports, and information from the governor’s office.”
Upon completing a trade mission to Ireland last year, Healey bypassed Massachusetts on the return trip and spent the following week vacationing in Rhode Island.
Healey’s Irish sojourn cost an estimated $83,000, paid for with state funds and some private dollars.
Maura’s next big adventure is on you.
From May 14-17, 2024, Governor Healey, her climate chief Melissa Hoffer and three aides will visit Rome. The trip is paid for with taxpayer money from the Massachusetts Tourism Trust Fund, the intent of which is to “promote tourism in the state and help regional tourism councils.”
The trip includes a private meeting with Pope Francis.
State House News Service reported Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will “provide a keynote address at the opening session of a climate-focused conference hosted by the Vatican.” Boston taxpayers will foot the bill for Wu’s expenses.
The governor’s office won’t know how much you and I are on the hook for until the trip ends.
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