{"id":189,"date":"2020-03-09T14:17:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T18:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/?p=189"},"modified":"2020-08-27T02:09:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T06:09:54","slug":"2016-ch-115-health-care-pricing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/2020\/03\/09\/2016-ch-115-health-care-pricing\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 115, An Act Relative to Equitable Health Care Pricing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/03\/LEGISLATIVE-HISTORY-MEMORANDUM.docx\" style=\"color: #000000;\">LEGISLATIVE HISTORY MEMORANDUM<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. \u00a0Procedural History and Bill Versions<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/03\/Procedural-History-1.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Procedural History 1<\/a> <a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/03\/Procedural-History-2.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/03\/Procedural-History-2.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Procedural History 2<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. Committee Documents<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/03\/House-Journal-Readings-and-Amendment.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">House Journal Readings and Amendment<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3. Floor Documents &amp; Conference Committee Documents<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/doc\/examination-of-health-care-cost-trends-and-cost-drivers-2019\/download\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Examination of Health Care Cost Trends and Cost Drivers Pursuant to G.L. c. 12, Section 11N: Report for Annual Public Hearing Under G.L.c. 6D, Section 8\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2020\/03\/Emergency-Preamble-to-H4348.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Emergency Preamble to H4348<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/doc\/2015-cost-trends-report-1\/download\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Health Policy Commission, 2015 Cost Trends Report <\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Massachusetts_%22Fair_Healthcare_Pricing%22_Initiative_(2016)\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Massachusetts &#8220;Fair Healthcare Pricing&#8221; Initiative (2016)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4. Executive Action Documents<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5. Press Reports (links only)<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/news\/ag-healey-report-finds-health-care-price-disparities-persist-burdening-families-and-businesses\" style=\"color: #000000;\">AG Healey Report Finds Health Care Price Disparities Persist, Burdening Families and Businesses with Excessive Costs <\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/politics\/2016\/05\/health_care_pricing_compromise.html\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Massachusetts health care pricing compromise reached to avert ballot question<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy2.bu.edu\/news\/20172172\" style=\"color: #000000;\">PAY FLOOR EMERGING AS FLASHPOINT IN HEALTH CARE COST DEBATE [+AUDIO]<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonwealthmagazine.org\/health-care\/deal-would-avoid-hospital-pricing-ballot-fight\/\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Deal would avoid hospital pricing ballot fight<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/business\/2016\/05\/05\/partners-union-hold-talks-over-ballot-initiative\/aecwWZk9CxdXEUIpSVdZyM\/story.html\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Hospitals aim to stop vote on how they\u2019re paid<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1199seiu.org\/politicalaction\/statement_from_1199seiu_on_today_s_ballot_certification\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Statement from 1199SEIU on Today&#8217;s Ballot Certification<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEGISLATIVE HISTORY MEMORANDUM 1. \u00a0Procedural History and Bill Versions Procedural History 1 Procedural History 2 2. Committee Documents House Journal Readings and Amendment 3. Floor Documents &amp; Conference Committee Documents Examination of Health Care Cost Trends and Cost Drivers Pursuant to G.L. c. 12, Section 11N: Report for Annual Public Hearing Under G.L.c. 6D, Section [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6977,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6977"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":682,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions\/682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}