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What’s next for health-care reform?

Dick Taffe — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:26:43 +0000

Health-care reform is slipping from the media limelight and financial regulatory reform is moving in. School of Management Professor Stephen Davidson, author of “Still Broken: Understanding the U.S. Healthcare System,” says in a BU Today interview that there’s a lot that needs to be done right to make sure reform stays on track and the insurers don’t game the evolving new system.

“As this program begins to roll out, there are going to be things we won’t like. As more people are affected by it, there may be more support for changes.”

Contact Stephen Davidson, sdavidso@bu.edu, 617-353-7422

Tom Whalen on President Obama’s fight for healthcare reform

Jo Breiner — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:23:49 +0000

Communications Dean Tom Fiedler comments on Obama’s healthcare plan

Jo Breiner — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:32:31 +0000

Healthcare reform battle time

Dick Taffe — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:39:31 +0000

With both houses and both parties in congess fighting over the details, President Obama has healthcare reform atop his agenda this week, including a prime-time news conference Wednesday. School of Management Professor Alan Cohen, executive director of the Health Policy Institute, can sort through the details.

Contact Alan Cohen, 617-353-9222, abcohen@bu.edu

Obama pitches the A.M.A.

Dick Taffe — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:11:06 +0000

President Obama today brings his health-reform case before the American Medical Association, which opposes the president’s call for a public insurance program to compete with private plans. School of Management Professor Alan Cohen, executive director of the Health Policy Institute, can offer perspective on the battle ahead.

Contact Alan Cohen, 617-353-9222, abcohen@bu.edu

Health-care reform debate eyes co-ops

Dick Taffe — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:31:50 +0000

With President Obama pushing for a government-run insurance option, a newly emerging option in the health-care reform debate on Capitol Hill is creation of member-run health-care cooperatives. School of Management Professor Stephen Davidson, author of the forthcoming “In Urgent Need of Reform: Saving the U.S. Healthcare System” can discuss the evolving battle.

Contact Stephen Davidson, 617-353-7422, sdavidso@bu.edu

Health-care groups pledge savings

Dick Taffe — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:00:12 +0000

With leading health-care industry groups offering the Obama administration $2 trillion in savings over the next decade, School of Management Professor Stephen Davidson can discuss the implications. He is the author of the soon to be published book “In Urgent Need of Reform: Saving the U.S. Healthcare System.”

“These organizatons are promising to reduce their charges in order to reduce the rate of increase in health care costs. If it works, that would benefit many individuals needing services. Their share of premiums might go up less because the insurers that provide their coverage would be paying out less to providers.

“There are two big ‘ifs.’ First is that since many of these organizations are membership groups, it will only work if their members — the companies and professionals providing the services and products — agree to do so. Second, even if physicians and hospitals agree to hold the line on their charges, if the volume of services increases, expenditures will continue to rise.”

Contact Stephen Davidson, 617-353-7422, sdavidso@bu.edu

Liberal v. Conservative Health-Care Reform?

Dick Taffe — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:21:54 +0000

School of Management Professor Stephen Davidson, in a Reuters commentary, argues that it is false to suggest there are two equally viable paths to true health-care reform, one liberal and one conservative. The author of “In Urgent Need of Reform: Saving the U.S. Healthcare System” explains how competition among private insurers will always produce large numbers of uninsured people and higher spending than necessary.

Contact Stephen Davidson, 617-353-7422, sdavidso@bu.edu

Obama opens healthcare drive

Jo Breiner — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:33:36 +0000

College of Communication Dean Tom Fiedler comments on healthcare in an interview on Reuters-TV.

Contact Tom Fiedler, 617-353-3488, tfiedler@bu.edu

Hopes for the White House health-care summit

Dick Taffe — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:49:54 +0000

School of Management Professor Stephen Davidson, author of “In Urgent Need of Reform: Saving the U.S. Healthcare System” being published this spring, questions whether today’s White House health-care summit will have any lasting political impact.

“Congressional Republicans were advised by their leaders to oppose anything, no matter what compromise plan the Clinton Administration came up with. Some of those people are in even more senior positions in the party now. If they have the same attitude now, the summit won’t have any positive effect on them. But if there are others who are open to considering reform, the summit signals that their ideas would get a fair hearing from the Obama administration.”

Contact Stephen Davidson, 617-353-7422, sdavidso@bu.edu