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Guaranteed income in Cambridge, Boston archaeology, and the future of telemedicine
ResumeThis is the rundown for Radio Boston for May 24. Our host is Tiziana Dearing.
- From March 2020 until August 2021, the Massachusetts Federally Qualified Health Center Telehealth Consortium conducted more than 1 million telemedicine visits. That consortium is made up of 35 community health centers, and is a partnership with the Community Care Cooperative and the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers. So with communities opening back up, does virtual health care have a place in our future?
- Did you know that the City of Boston has an archaeologist? And did you also know that city has a repository of hundreds of thousands of artifacts from out of the ground in Boston? Currently, one of those objects is sitting in West Roxbury in a white box alongside hundreds of other white boxes. It's about two inches across, made of metal. But for an object that's smaller than a deck of cards, it holds an important and difficult history.
- The City of Cambridge announced that almost $22 million dollars of federal funds will be used to make direct cash payments to low-income residents. This is an expansion of a guaranteed basic income pilot the city launched last year, called Cambridge RISE, which sent monthly payments of $500 to families living below the poverty line for 18 months. What used to be a radical idea is gaining steam across the country. This effort is part of a national initiative run by a network of mayors across the country, called Mayors for a Guaranteed Income.
- Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals series between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat was Monday night and once again, it was a blowout. This time, Boston was the team running Miami out of the gym, a reversal from Game 3 on Saturday. We break it down with Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy.
This program aired on May 24, 2022.