• 2011 Fight for Air Climb | MyMassAppeal.com www.wwlp.com The American Lung Association is hosting a great fundraiser that you can take part in
  
  
• Massachusetts Health Quality Partners Issues 2010 Report on Quality of Care
  Performance data drives delivery system improvements
  
  
• 22News inFocus, health care PART 5
  

  CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - In this edition of 22News in Focus, 22News Reporter Jaclyn Cashman will tackle America's Affordable Health Choices Act and help you become better informed.
  
  Jaclyn sat down with Congressman Richard Neal to discuss the House's bill, and representatives from both Holyoke Medical Center and Health New England to explain how the bill would impact hospitals and insurance companies.
  
  
  

• 440,000 Insured Under Massachusetts' Health Reform Law
  "Big hats off to the business community for doing the right thing," said James M. Kessler, vice president and general counsel for Springfield-based Health New England, one of a half dozen companies that offer coverage through Commonwealth Choice.
  
  
• Insurance Studies Planned
  The mayor also said the city has received $360,000 in federal Medicare Part D reimbursement for the drug coverage provided to retirees in 2006 and has applied for 2007. "This is very good news and we have reduced our health insurance costs from $12.7 million to $12 million by auditing premiums and getting people to shift from the more expensive Blue Cross-Blue Shield to Health New England," he said.

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