Description: Prisoners bunked in boiler room of overcrowded Norfolk County House of Correction and exterior of building. New jail to be built on wide median strip of Route 128 in Dedham. Sheriff Clifford Marshall.
Description: Interview with Commissioner Stevens about ongoing investigation of payments abuses and plans to help reduce Medicaid costs. Mix of sound and silent.
Description: Interview with administrator Jane of Preterm gynecological clinic at 1842 Beacon Street, Brookline, about cutbacks in Medicaid reimbursement for abortions. Letterhead, signage, quote of Margaret Sanger on contraceptive freedom. Receptionist on telephone.
Description: Catherine Dunham and Rep. John McDonough explain the high cost and paradoxes of the Medicaid system. File of elderly in health care situations.
Description: Weld is cool about budget negotiations. Medicaid is major contributor to deficit. Marc Roberts recommends overhauling health care system to contain costs. Rep. John McDonough. Press with Weld.
Description: Elderly people and nursing home workers mob the State House halls in a rally to protest Medicaid cuts. Reps. McNeil, Sen. Houston. Keverian assures crowd of continued SSI benefits.