Hospital deal squeezes health care watchdog agency

Hospital deal squeezes health care watchdog agency

BOSTON – The outgoing head of the health care agency whose funding will be drawn down to pay for an accord over health care provider pricing is questioning the impact the deal would have on struggling community hospitals.

Aron Boros, executive director of the Center for Health and Information Analysis, also said Thursday that the redirection of a portion of funding from his agency to boost the bottom lines of hospitals around the state will limit the agency's ability to deliver on a consumer website he has been working to create with Gov. Charlie Baker's administration for the past year.

Harvard faculty tilts decidedly left in political giving
Democrats

Harvard faculty tilts decidedly left in political giving

Stephen Beale

CAMBRIDGE – Harvard University faculty who made political donations at the federal level overwhelmingly contributed to Democrats or liberal organizations, a review of data from the Federal Election Commission shows.

As an institution, Harvard has long had a reputation for leaning left. The campaign finance data provide a limited but revealing snapshot of just how predominant the tilt is.

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