THE REVERE ADVOCATE - Friday, October 12, 2018

THE REVERE ADVOCATE - Friday, October 12, 2018

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Obituaries Louise (Moschella) DiBlasi ifelong resident of Revere, passed away at the age of 96 on October 3, 2018. Beloved Wife of 65 years to the late Maurice DiBlasi. Devoted Mother of Marianne Ostrowski and her husband Ronald of Townsend, Joyce DiBlasi of NH, Maurine Fischer and her husband Jerome of NH, and Philip DiBlasi and his wife Natasha of Bolton. Dear sister of Carmine Moschella and his late Audrey of Saugus, the late Mary Viscarello, Ralph Moschella, Gloria Gosslin, Samuel Moschella and his surviving wife Gail of FL. Loving Grandmother of Kristen DiBlasi, Erik Ostrowski and wife Ann, Mark Ostrowski and wife Shayne, Matthew Fischer and wife Diana. Adoring Great-Grandmother of Max, Jackson, Delilah, James, Colby, and Grayson Ostrowski. Louise and Maurice had a love that was legendary and everyone admired this beautiful couple that danced happily and gracefully through life. She was the quintessential lady with the social grace of a First

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Lady. Anyone who would visit her home could not escape without being treated to her homemade biscotti and coffee served in China cups. Louise's unparalleled eggplant, of which many had the recipe, just could not seem to duplicate in essence, was always served in an immaculate home. Our family loved her strength, dignity, devotion to her children, humor, beauty, and the beauty she brought to our lives. Good job Mom. We will always love and miss you. Services held on Saturday, October 6 from the Paul Buonfiglio & Sons-Bruno Funeral Home, Revere, followed by a Funeral Mass in Immaculate Conception Church. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery. For guestbook please visit www.bounfiglio.com Paul Buonfiglio & Sons-Bruno Funeral Home Anthony “Mushy�

Moschella f R e ve re, passed away at the age of 84 on October 6, 2018. Beloved husband of Anna (Giacalone).

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Beloved wife of Anna (Giacalone). Devoted Father of Anthony Moschella and his wife Kathleen of Nahant, Sharon DelMastro and her husband William of Melrose, Richard Moschella and his husband James Kontnier of New York City. Loving Son of Alfonso and Conncetta (D’Agenio) of Italy. Dear Brother of the late Mary Squibb, Michael Moschella, Jean Rizzo, Rita Ferullo, Joseph Moschella, Rose Brown, Gerard Moschella and Louise Russo. Loving GrandFather of 7, and had many nieces and nephews. Anthony better known as “Mushy� worked for the City of Revere as a Manager for the Water Department. He was an avid hunter and fisherman who loved the nature. He was a Army Veteran who loved his country and family. Funeral from the Paul Buonfiglio & Sons-Bruno Funeral Home, Revere, on Friday, October 12. Funeral Mass at St. Anthony’s Church. In lieu of flowers please donate to the Alzheimer’s Association www.act.alz.org. For guestbook please visit www.bounfiglio.com Paul Buonfiglio & Sons-Bruno

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would create a massive unfunded government mandate costing more than one billion dollars in higher healthcare costs annually, causing community hospitals to close and forcing others to reduce emergency, addiction and behavioral health services.

Question 1 has been called ‘the most irresponsible approach to healthcare.’There is no scientific evidence that these rigid ratios improve patient care. Question 1: higher costs, rigid mandates, and one-sizefits-all healthcare. Nurses and over one hundred healthcare organizations, including American Nurses Association Massachusetts, Massachusetts Medical Society, Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians, and every Massachusetts hospital urge: Vote No on Question 1.�

Meanwhile, a new study released last week by the non-partisan Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) that was established in 2012 as an independent state agency that monitors health care spending growth in the state and makes recommendations regarding health care delivery and payment system reform. It does not take a stand on ballot questions.

The commission’s report said an additional 2,286 to 3,101 full-time nurses would be required to meet the proposed staffing mandates. It pegged the annual cost of the implementation to be between $676 million and $949 million – including hiring additional staff to meet staffing requirements, wage increases for existing nurses and implementation costs faced by stateoperated hospitals. The commission said its estimates are conservative due to lack of detailed staffing data for emergency and outpatient departments.

The HPC also reports that the required increase in hospital nurses would likely increase the demand for nurses across the state and result in a 4 percent to 6 percent hike in their salaries. It also noted there are opportunities to save between $34 million and $47 million with the hiring of additional nurses, which could lead to reduced hospital lengths of stay and reduced adverse events.

The response from both sides to the HPC report were swift. “We sounded the alarm from the moment we were made aware of the HPC cost estimate and did so with good reason,â€? said Julie Pinkham a supporter of Question 1 and the Executive Director of the Mass Nurses Association.“Up until this ballot issue, the HPC has developed cost estimates with a detailed and thorough review process over a period upwards of six months, but this has been anything but that. This guess on costs by the HPC is irresponsible and inconsistent and resembles nothing that the HPC has ever done before ‌This is a state agency charged with oversight that chose to weigh in, and in instead of conducting a well-vetted and thoughtful analysis, they elected to use data provided by the single largest opponent to Question 1 — an approach they rejected in their merger report now before the attorney general.â€? “This is the fox guarding the hen house,â€? Pinkham continued. “From start to finish this has been a ‘David and Goliath’ scenario and nurses have continued to put sunlight on

the choices by hospital executives make when it comes to how they allocate their vast financial resources.

What may be most disappointing of all is that those choices by hospital executives have never been challenged, and patients are left wondering why this multibillion-dollar industry is not allotting additional resources to direct patient care instead of executive compensation and real estate holdings.� “It was an absolutely terrifying day for health care in our state,� said Cence, representing the group opposed to Question 1. “The HPC’s analysis confirms that the negative consequences are too great, and the costs are too high for rigid, government-mandated nurse staffing ratios in the commonwealth. This puts the cost question to bed.�

Cence added, “Even with the HPC unable to quantify Emergency Department costs, they still agree that the cost could reach almost a billion dollars. Community hospitals will close. One thousand mental health beds will be cut. Emergency room wait times will decidedly increase. The entire healthcare ecosystem will suffer irreparable harm with no increase in the quality of patient care.�

More information on Question 1 is available at the Secretary of State’s website:www.sec.state. ma.us/ele HOW LONG WAS LAST WEEK’S SESSION? Beacon Hill Roll Call tracks the length of time that the House and Senate were in session each week. Many legislators say that legislative sessions are only one aspect of the Legislature’s job and that a lot of important work is done outside of the House and Senate chambers. They note that their jobs also involve committee work, research, constituent work and other matters that are important to their districts. Critics say that the Legislature does not meet regularly or long enough to debate and vote in public view on the thousands of pieces of legislation that have been filed. They note that the infrequency and brief length of sessions are misguided and lead to irresponsible late-night sessions and a mad rush to act on dozens of bills in the days immediately preceding the end of an annual session.

During the week of October 1-5, the House met for a total of one hour and 12 minutes and the Senate met for a total of one hour and 57 minutes.

MON.OCTOBER 1 House11:00 a.m. to11:13 a.m.

Senate 11:02 a.m. to11:28 a.m.

TUES. OCTOBER 2 No House session No Senate session WED.OCTOBER 3 No House session No Senate session THURS.OCTOBER 4 House11:00 a.m. to11:59 a.m.

Senate 11:02 a.m. to12:33 p.m.

FRI.OCTOBER 5 No House session No Senate session Bob Katzen welcomes feedback at bob@beaconhillrollcall.com