BU Now » Olympia Snowe 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 Senate Finance okays healthcare bill http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/10/13/senate-finance-okays-healthcare-bill/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/10/13/senate-finance-okays-healthcare-bill/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:02:18 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=3409 healthWith only one Republican voting yea, the Senate Finance Committee has approved its healthcare-reform bill and the deal making should begin in earnest to meld it with a more liberal version from another committee.  School of Management Professor Stephen Davidson, author of “In Urgent Need of Reform: Saving the U.S. Healthcare System,” says the Finance panel stripped out cost-containment provisions that will be critically needed.

“The bottom line is that the insurers have demonsrated there is no reason any more to cultivate their support.  That being the case, Congress has a new chance to do the job right.”

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

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