{"id":14304,"date":"2019-10-21T08:42:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T12:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14304"},"modified":"2019-10-21T08:42:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T12:42:37","slug":"massachusetts-governor-unveils-healthcare-legislation-to-cut-costs-boost-care-access-for-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14304","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts governor unveils healthcare legislation to cut costs, boost care access for patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Kelly Gooch for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker introduced extensive healthcare legislation Oct. 18 that would address surprise medical bills, limit when hospitals can charge a facility fee at a hospital outpatient department, and require hospitals and insurers to increase spending on behavioral health and primary care, according to\u00a0The Boston Globe.\u00a0 Continue reading article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/finance\/massachusetts-governor-unveils-healthcare-legislation-to-cut-costs-boost-care-access-for-patients.html\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dreamstime_m_59080374health-care-reformID-59080374-\u00a9-Kritchanut-Dreamstime.com_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13869\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dreamstime_m_59080374health-care-reformID-59080374-\u00a9-Kritchanut-Dreamstime.com_-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dreamstime_m_59080374health-care-reformID-59080374-\u00a9-Kritchanut-Dreamstime.com_-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dreamstime_m_59080374health-care-reformID-59080374-\u00a9-Kritchanut-Dreamstime.com_-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dreamstime_m_59080374health-care-reformID-59080374-\u00a9-Kritchanut-Dreamstime.com_-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Kelly Gooch for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker introduced extensive healthcare legislation Oct. 18 that would address<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-legislative-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14305,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14304\/revisions\/14305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}