{"id":1941,"date":"2009-07-01T10:54:41","date_gmt":"2009-07-01T14:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/?p=1941"},"modified":"2009-07-01T11:17:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-01T15:17:00","slug":"wal-mart-backs-key-healthcare-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/2009\/07\/01\/wal-mart-backs-key-healthcare-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Wal-Mart backs key healthcare reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1949\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/files\/2009\/07\/1001808_walmart_new_logo_lg.jpg\" alt=\"1001808_walmart_new_logo_lg\" width=\"210\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/files\/2009\/07\/1001808_walmart_new_logo_lg.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/files\/2009\/07\/1001808_walmart_new_logo_lg-300x87.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/>In a surprise that &#8220;flabbergasted&#8221; the National Retail Federation, Wal-Mart <a title=\"says it backs President Obama's plan\" href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB124640564559176649.html#mod=testMod\" target=\"_blank\">says it backs President Obama&#8217;s plan <\/a>to force employers to provide health insurance to workers.\u00a0 School of Management Professor <a title=\"Alan Cohen\" href=\"http:\/\/smgnet.bu.edu\/mgmt_new\/profiles\/CohenAlan.html\" target=\"_blank\">Alan Cohen<\/a>, executive director of the <a title=\"Health Policy Institute\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hprp\/about\/hpi.html\" target=\"_blank\">Health Policy Institute<\/a>, can discuss what the endorsment by the nation&#8217;s largest private employer might mean for the healthcare reform effort.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Alan Cohen, 617-353-9222, <a href=\"mailto:abcohen@bu.edu\">abcohen@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a surprise that &#8220;flabbergasted&#8221; the National Retail Federation, Wal-Mart says it backs President Obama&#8217;s plan to force employers to provide health insurance to workers.\u00a0 School of Management Professor Alan Cohen, executive director of the Health Policy Institute, can discuss what the endorsment by the nation&#8217;s largest private employer might mean for the healthcare reform [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[1104,1393,971],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1941"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1951,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941\/revisions\/1951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}