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- Healthcare Reform: The Court Takes Us for a Wild Ride
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6.29.2012
June 28, 2012, the Supreme Court announced its highly-anticipated ruling on healthcare reform (i.e. Affordable Care Act). In short, the Court largely upheld most of the law, with the exception of the Medicaid expansion, which will likely be a state-by-state decision. Below is a presentation summarizing the decision and some of its potential impacts.
- Medical Innovation in a Climate of Cost Containment
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May 2010
by A Brown Brothers Harriman Roundtable
Advances in medical technology have improved patient care for millions of Americans by giving physicians tools for life-saving therapies. However, patient and physician demand for access to breakthrough medical technology often comes in conflict with the urgent need for payors and providers to reduce costs. Consequently, the FDA is beginning to scrutinize the value for the dollar created by new technologies and is raising the clinical bar for approvals. These factors are contributing to a more challenging environment in the U.S. for medical innovation.
- Picking Winners in the Private Hospital Market
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Fall 2009
by Alistair Stranack and Dr. Anne Margo Reintsema
India’s Healthcare Sector: India’s healthcare sector is worth about $45 billion a year and is growing at an annual rate of 16%. The country’s 1.15 billion people account for one-sixth of the world’s population; yet expenditure on healthcare amounts to only $40 per person per year, or around 5% of GDP ...
