Harvard feels consequences of own ideas on healthcare reform

Laura Pedulli | | Health Exec | Policy & Regulations

 

Harvard faculty are in an uproar over rising healthcare costs, even as the school's very own economists and health policy advisors had championed reform efforts, reports The New York Times. 

Members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted overwhelmingly to oppose changes that would require Harvard employees to pay more for healthcare. The university says the increases are in part a result of the Affordable Care Act.

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Harvard Ideas On Health Care Hit Home, Hard

Laura Pedulli

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