Bay State lawmakers have asked federal regulators to 'ensure the appropriate steps are being taken to prevent potential increases in healthcare prices and to maintain access to care for Massachusetts' patients should this purchase proceed.'
On April 24, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in consolidated cases asking whether EMTALA preempts, under certain emergency circumstances, an Idaho law banning most abortions.
Steward Medical Group officials say the hematology oncology service at its Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton has temporarily paused, "because the physician left, and will be re-opened as soon as we recruit a new one."