Despite apology, professor Larycia Hawkins leaves Wheaton College

Despite apology, professor Larycia Hawkins leaves Wheaton College

Wheaton College professor Larycia Hawkins, who faced termination from her tenured post at the evangelical school for publicly saying Christians and Muslims worship the "same God," has announced in a joint statement with the college that she will leave.

The statement on Wheaton's website referred to a "confidential agreement under which they will part ways."

Report offers new snapshot of health care cost drivers
Massachusetts

Report offers new snapshot of health care cost drivers

State House News Service

The rising cost and use of brand name prescription drugs has emerged over the past two years as the one of the newest consensus drivers of health care spending in Massachusetts, according to a new analysis that found price increases, rather than increased utilization of services, as a major contributor to spending growth.

Two years ago, Freedman HealthCare did an analysis for the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans reviewing 16 state reports on health care spending to identify trends within the findings.

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