{"id":3212,"date":"2009-09-18T10:41:59","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T14:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/?p=3212"},"modified":"2009-09-18T10:51:19","modified_gmt":"2009-09-18T14:51:19","slug":"amending-the-baucus-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/2009\/09\/18\/amending-the-baucus-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Amending the Baucus plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3213\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/files\/2009\/09\/health-care-symbol1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"health-care symbol\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/files\/2009\/09\/health-care-symbol1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/files\/2009\/09\/health-care-symbol1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/files\/2009\/09\/health-care-symbol1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are seeking <a title=\"amendments\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/09\/17\/AR2009091704740.html?hpid=topnews\" target=\"_blank\">amendments<\/a> to the healthcare reform bill offerd by Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus to make it more affordable for middle-class Americans.\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>, says a smart amendment under consideration would require employers to offer a choice of at least two insuance plans, one of which is a low-cost, high-value option.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;But allowing individuals to opt out is not a wise option.&#8221;<\/em><\/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>Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are seeking amendments to the healthcare reform bill offerd by Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus to make it more affordable for middle-class Americans.\u00a0 School of Management Professor Alan Cohen, executive director of the Health Policy Institute, says a smart amendment under consideration would require employers to offer a [&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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3212"}],"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=3212"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3217,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3212\/revisions\/3217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}