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State launches campaign to help residents navigate tough new Medicaid rules

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By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey Verified
| WBUR News Verified
Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday launched a $10 million effort to raise awareness about federally mandated changes to Medicaid, which will force members to cross new hurdles in order to keep their benefits. The goal, according to state officials, is to educate the 360,000 people affected so that they take action to try to prove their eligibility and retain their benefits.
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Mass. Senate approves protections for hospital workers attacked on the job

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By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey Verified, Gintautas Dumcius Verified
| WBUR News Verified
Massachusetts state senators on Thursday unanimously approved legislation that would strengthen protections for healthcare workers who are assaulted on the job — a daily occurrence at hospitals across the state. The vote follows years of lobbying by nurses, doctors and other workers who say they face frequent attacks and verbal threats from patients and visitors. Healthcare workers have reported being hit, punched, shoved and having objects thrown at them while taking care of patients.
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AI can detect breast cancer risk before humans. Why it may take hospitals a while to adopt the tech

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By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey Verified
| WSBE-TV (Providence, RI) Verified
When 68-year-old retiree Ellen Costello received an email asking if she wanted to participate in a medical study about artificial intelligence and breast cancer, she hesitated at first. Did she really want to involve AI in her health? The AI had already determined Costello was at high risk of developing breast cancer. After thinking it over, she decided to give it a try. Testing revealed a growth. And surgery confirmed it was precancerous. Now, doctors are watching Costello closely.
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