Mass. medical group confirms “imminent plan” to close school

Numerous frustrated patients are searching for answers after learning that a chain of medical facilities in Massachusetts has announced the closure of its offices. “It is with our deepest regret and great sadness to inform you of our impending plan to close our practices,” Compass Medical confirmed in a written statement on its website Wednesday … Read more

My mother was killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting. Now I have to crowdfund my health care.

A decade after my mother, Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung, was killed trying to protect elementary school students in the Sandy Hook School mass shooting, I’m in the midst of another crisis caused by bad policy: crowdfunding for pay for my cancer treatment. In late March, I was diagnosed with stage II lymphoma, a primary orbital tumor, … Read more