Jason Laughlin

Boston

Reporter at The Boston Globe

Boston Globe reporter. Covering Massachusetts Dept. of Health and Human Services. [email protected]

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‘A blunt force axe’: Mass. Democrats warn of harm to hospitals, health care under Trump budget proposal - The Boston Globe

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Jason Laughlin

The Republican budget bill that passed the House last week would cause health care chaos and a massive transfer of wealth to the rich, Massachusetts’ leading Democrats argued Tuesday as the party mobilized a nationwide bid to derail the legislation.
Trump’s sweeping bill targets gender-affirming health care for all ages - The Boston Globe

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Kay Lazar |Jason Laughlin

A second measure reaches further still; it would require the Affordable Care Act to exclude these types of services from the definition of “essential health benefits,” which are the most basic health services that all health insurance plans in the ACA must cover, such as hospitalizations and prescription drugs. The measure, if approved by the Congress, would go into effect in January 2027.
Massachusetts leads the nation in lost NSF research funding

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Jason Laughlin |Neena Hagen |Nathan Metcalf

Since the start of the Trump administration, the NSF cut 251 grants to Massachusetts institutions worth $249 million, federal data showed. That accounts for a lion’s share of the $265.4 million in NSF grants lost at 40 institutions across New England. The cuts could mean lost jobs and hundreds of research projects abruptly halted without a clear path forward.
Congress’ budget aims to target Medicaid fraud. In Massachusetts, the reality is more complicated.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Jason Laughlin

As factions of Congressional Republicans haggle over the details of Medicaid’s budget, part of a megabill slowly traversing the House, reducing fraud has remained a favored pathway to savings. While healthcare experts in Massachusetts say Medicaid fraud does exist and should be curtailed, they add that doing more to identify such waste is unlikely to achieve big savings.
How Trump upended New England science and health research in 100 days - The Boston Globe

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Jason Laughlin |Neena Hagen |Kay Lazar |Liz Kowalczyk

In the short space of a few months, President Trump has undercut seven decades of federal support for scientific research, transforming a pillar of academia and industry in New England, perhaps permanently. From the start, Trump sought to excise diversity and gender issues from the federal government by taking a sledgehammer to billions in government funding.
Mass. state lab struggles as Trump reshapes federal health funding - The Boston Globe

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Jason Laughlin

Among hundreds of thousands of samples of viruses, bacteria, toxins, and contaminants tested at the Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory in 2022 were a few specimens that made the entire country take notice: the United States’ first cases of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea.
‘Do not attempt to remain in the United States’: DHS mistakenly tells Newton lawyer to self-deport - The Boston Globe

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Dan Glaun |Jason Laughlin

When Nicole Micheroni got an email from the Department of Homeland Security Friday morning, she was not surprised. Micheroni, a Newton-based immigration lawyer, was used to dealing with federal authorities. But when she opened the email, it appeared to be directed to her personally. “It is time for you to leave the United States,” the email said. Micheroni, who was born in Massachusetts, was confused. The message, titled “Notification of Termination of Parole,” included no client name or case number.
Sen. Warren calls tariff policy a game that’s hurting America in Sunday interview - The Boston Globe

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Jason Laughlin

Sen. Elizabeth Warren compared President Trump’s fluctuating tariffs to a game of red light, green light that threatens the US economy during a Sunday morning CNN interview. The Massachusetts senator’s comments to Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” came after a roller-coaster week for the stock market prompted by Trump’s decision to impose, and then pause, in most cases, big tariff increases.
‘We just won’t be able to save everyone:’ Legislators weigh Healey budget as threats from D.C. loom - The Boston Globe

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Jason Laughlin

As legislators this week consideredGovernor Maura Healey’s proposed budget, their discussions were overshadowed by the threat of a financial tsunami beyond the lawmakers’ control. The Trump administration and Congress are either threatening or actively seeking to withdraw hundreds of millions of dollars for Massachusetts health and social service programs, part of an effort to restructure and shrink the size of the federal government.
Healey’s budget calls for steep cuts to mental health care for kids and adults - The Boston Globe

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Jason Laughlin

For much of the past two years, 9-year-old Tay Molnar’s extreme impulsivity, mood swings, and flares of temper that could escalate into self-harm or violence against family members forced the child into a constant rotation between home and hospitalizations. Inpatient stays, some separated by less than a week, never seemed to help.

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