| Mount Wachusett hires paramedic program head Mount Wachusetts Community College in Gardner has hired Peter Laitinen to oversee its new Paramedic Technology Certificate program after a years-long search. Senate to revisit single-payer plan that narrowly failed in 2012 Debate beginning Wednesday could bring the topic back to the Senate floor. Free contraception bill on fast track A bill that would guarantee copay-free coverage for birth control in Massachusetts earned initial approval in the House Wednesday morning will likely to advance to the Senate. Spectrum to work with Vermont Medicaid Worcester-based Spectrum Health Systems is now accepting Vermont Medicaid at its North Adams outpatient treatment center. | 
