BU Now » insurance industry 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 Last-ditch healthcare reform bid http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/03/08/last-ditch-healthcare-reform-bid/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/03/08/last-ditch-healthcare-reform-bid/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:11:56 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=4736 healthcare reformPresident Obama is making a final effort to get the public to push Congress to pass healthcare reform, bashing the insurance industry for predatory pricing practices.  School of Management Professor Stephen Davidson, author of “Still Broken: Understandng the U.S. Healthcare System,” says the facts are on the side of reform, but the White House hasn’t made the benefits appear compelling to individual voters.

“Framing the issue as profiteering insurers against ordinary citizens who need medical care should resonate with the public. If reform fails, costs will continue to rise, more and more people will lose coverage (and no one’s coverage is safe), and quality will continue to decline.”

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

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