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Article: U.S. Healthcare Reform Initiative.
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- August 3, 2009
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We are pleased to bring you the first of our alerts on the U.S. Healthcare Reform Initiative. The current model of healthcare delivery, payment, and insurance in the United States is the subject of a sweeping reform initiative that has the potential to transform U.S. healthcare. Committees of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate are considering and drafting reform bills directed at three principal issues: (i) healthcare access and affordability; (ii) healthcare funding and cost-savings mechanisms; and (iii) healthcare system sustainability. The impact of the resulting legislation, if passed, will not be limited to the healthcare industry. Rather, the ...