BU Now » GOP congressional leaders http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 What next for healthcare reform? http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/02/01/what-next-for-healthcare-reform/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/02/01/what-next-for-healthcare-reform/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:03:11 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=4249 healthcare reformGOP Congressional leaders, enboldened by their Senate win in Massachusetts, are pushing Democrats to start over on efforts to reform the healthcare system.  In an opinion piece in Politico, history Professor Bruce Schulman says House Dems should take a page from FDR history on how Social Security was created and just pass the Senate bill.

“Passing the Senate bill might mean swallowing hard in the short-term, but if Americans enjoy new benefits and protection against catastrophic illness, the politics, history shows, could shift.”

Contact Bruce Schulman, 617-353-8306, bjschulm@bu.edu

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