healthcare reform
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Understanding the impact of the proposed healthcare reform bill
On Thursday, members of the House Budget Committee approved the Republican healthcare bill, a move that will send it to the House of Representatives for consideration. We asked an interdisciplinary group of professors why healthcare reform is so complex, what impact this bill would have on insurance and drug prices, and whether it meets the idea that healthcare is, as one professor says, a “moral imperative.”
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Understanding the complex issue of healthcare reform
Earlier this month, Republicans introduced a new healthcare bill, the American Health Care Act, that would replace the Affordable Care Act and, they say, give Americans more choice in coverage and reduce the federal budget deficit. An independent analysis of the bill came out Monday. To help understand the new bill and the complex issue of healthcare reform, we turned to an interdisciplinary group of faculty. Here, in the first of a two-part series, we examine the major differences between “Obamacare” and the proposed American Health Care Act.
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Healthcare gets organized
Northeastern last week convened an interdisciplinary group of national experts to discuss cutting-edge research and methodological breakthroughs in healthcare organization and management science.
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Could Mass. health trust have national impact?
A Northeastern report presents a comprehensive analysis of the Massachusetts Prevention and Wellness Trust, an alternative approach to supporting public healthcare activities that could serve as a national model.
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Two graduate students named Schweitzer Fellows
A pair of students will spend the next year addressing healthcare disparities in underserved communities.