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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Wall Street and Washington Talk about Healthcare

In the article below some big financial players discuss the ramifications of the newest healthcare reforms. Some quotes from the article include: 


"But I think it gets an F on bending the cost curve up instead of down." The U.S. spends 17 percent of gross domestic product on health care, compared with France and Switzerland, the next in line, at about 12 percent. "No one's demonstrated to me that our outcomes are better," Boorady said.


"health care is only one of two sectors that has added jobs in recent years."


Check out the full article at : http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/09/29/130211875/wall-street-comes-to-washington-and-gasp-health-care-consensus-ensues

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  2. I love that last comment... haha!

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