Business groups aim to curb emergency room use, and save money, too
Companies might change co-pays to encourage their workers to use lower-cost health care settings ? charging more for emergency rooms, for example, or less for primary care.
Companies might change co-pays to encourage their workers to use lower-cost health care settings ? charging more for emergency rooms, for example, or less for primary care.
At many college counseling centers therapists are overwhelmed and students are forced to wait weeks for an appointment, even as more of them seek help for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating disorders.
Michael Cohen, a lawyer who made his career protecting President Trump, is set to learn Wednesday whether his decision to cooperate with federal investigators will lessen his punishment.
Conservative lawmakers in Britain will hold a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday that will see her removed as party and government leader if she loses.
Dr. Richard Miron of Dracut is alleged to have prescribed high doses of opioids without medical reason to a woman who had previously overdosed.
French prosecutors said a terrorism investigation had been opened and a suspect had been named in a shooting that killed at least three people.
State lawmakers appeared ready to back a requirement that professional engineers review gas-pipe projects.
Alternative Therapies Group will begin recreational sales ? by appointment only ? on Saturday morning.
The Greater Springfield YMCA had said it would call the police and the state Department of Children and Families on parents who smelled like cannabis.
Seth Moulton?s willingness to buck the top echelon of the party ? in this case, Nancy Pelosi ? is stirring calls for a Democrat to run against him in the Sixth Congressional District north of Boston.
Arguing heatedly in public with Democratic leaders, President Trump threatened repeatedly to shut down the government if Congress doesn?t provide the money he says is needed to build a wall at the Mexican border.
The Red Sox president of baseball operations downplayed reports that the club is looking to shed payroll this offseason.
The Dartmouth College professor, who died Nov. 29, worked closely with her husband to help patients make better decisions.
ADRIAN WALKER
Luis Ramirez became MBTA general manager after a nationwide search but was pushed out in little more than a year. Why can?t people who aren?t from Boston succeed here?
WORK SPACE
Maine?s lobster processing industry has been thriving in recent years. Since Shucks Maine Lobster opened in 2006, the lobster catch in Maine has nearly doubled, as has its value.
Mandy McGowan, 38, who became known as the ?Dollar Store Junkie? after overdosing in Lawrence, said the video showed only a few terrible frames of a complicated life.
Kevin Cullen
Forget the commercialism and the culture wars: Christmas in the City holds the true meaning of Christmas.
Neverett said he chose to let his contract run out rather than continue to work for flagship station WEEI.
DEVRA FIRST
This year?s offerings were personal, evocative, and focused on the joy of everyday cooking.
The Fine Print | Sean P. Murphy
When they arrived at the Dominican resort, they were told they owed almost $10,000 more upfront for food and drink and could not check in until they paid up.
JEFF JACOBY
Walling off the welfare state to noncitizens would make immigration less contentious.
EDITORIAL
House Speaker Robert DeLeo needs to put the next state budget in the hands of an able female lawmaker.
Globe Magazine
My wife, Laura Levis, did everything she could to save herself when the asthma attack began. She went to Somerville Hospital and called 911, too. How could she have been left to die just outside the emergency room?
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Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: a colorful sunrise, Christmas tree lightings, and high school sports.
Eovaldi not only rounds out the rotation for 2019 but helps address some of the questions that exist beyond next season.
Transit officials are reminding commuters to ?use sound judgment? and think of other riders.
Forty-one percent of builders reduced prices from late July through early October. | realestate.boston.
An event Monday night was billed as a listening-only hearing, and for more than two hours Boston City Councilors heard stories from people young and old.
The US military has declared five missing crew members dead after their refueling plane collided with a fighter jet last week off Japan's southern coast.
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Knowing that you can overcome the worst effects of the polar vortex with ease gives you the sense that Subaru cares.
Delta unveiled ambitious plans on Monday to fulfill the pledge its chief executive made last year, plans that will make Logan the airline?s fastest-growing airport in 2019.
The band delivered a rousing 19-song set ? and a gibe about the Patriots? loss.
Current and former staffers and lobbyists connected to the industry said PhRMA is struggling to preserve its clout.
In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.
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Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.