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Published Monday, February 8, 2010
AMHERST - Massachusetts' landmark health-care system enters its fourth year of existence this year, a program equally defined by the successes it has achieved and the challenges it faces in the future. The state has posted some impressive results since health-reform legislation was enacted in 2006 by then-Gov. Mitt Romney. Today, nearly 97 percent of Massachusetts residents have some form of health insurance. Bay State employers are far more likely to offer their employees insurance than their national counterparts, and the number of individuals reporting to have received a high quality of care increased in the years following reform. Yet those gains remain fragile in 2010.
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Pickett arrangements from UMass:
Information on the funeral for former UMass football coach and
administrator Bob Pickett has been announced. A funeral mass will be
held on Friday, Feb. 12 at 10 a.m., at St. Pius X Church in Portland,
Maine. The burial will be at the Calvary Cemetery in South Portland.
For every UMass men's basketball game this season, I'll be giving out three stars to the top three performers from the Minutemen and keeping track of who earns the most three star points over the course of the season.I'm putting a little extra weight on No. 1. So a No. 1 star is worth 5 points. A No. 2 is worth three and a No. 3 is worth 2.
Three Stars from UMass vs. Rhode Island
Blog in the Palm Beach Post says that Spencer Whipple could be Miami's No.2 QB. Only UMass fans know how absurd that is - http://ow.ly/151VC
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