The Boston Globe: “The state appealed to the federal government yesterday to help Massachusetts hospitals that care for disproportionately high numbers of lower-income patients who receive state-sponsored health insurance. Governor Deval Patrick is asking the Obama administration for $216 million for Cambridge Health Alliance, the state’s only public acute-care hospital, and another $115 million for six private hospitals with high Medicaid patient populations … (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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