http://www.pharmaphorum.com/forums/ Bringing Healthcare Together en Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:27:31 +0000 http://www.pharmaphorum.com/forums/topic/could-consolidation-replace-healthcare-reform#post-517 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:42:50 +0000 Paul 517@http://www.pharmaphorum.com/forums/ <p>Bloomberg runs with an interesting piece today suggesting that US drugmakers and healthcare organisations may take their own measures to reduce costs in face of a stalled healthcare reform bill.</p> <p>The article quotes MTS Health Partners, with Senior Managing Director Curtis Lane seeing consolidation and cost-cutting as the way forward for drug companies, insurers and hospitals. The cost of healthcare has spiralled in the last decade, spurred on by an aging population in a trend set to continue. In addition, since the Democrats lost their filibuster-proof sixty vote majority in January, passage of President Obama’s proposed solution seems a long way off and mergers may be one way to recognise efficiencies without such fundamental reform.</p> <p>However, Obama has vowed to keep driving healthcare reform onward, saying “we’ve got to punch it through,” Bloomberg quotes.</p> <p>Ref: Bloomberg<br /> <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&amp;sid=ah.vfHL0UNwI" target="_blank">http://www.bloomberg...amp;sid=ah.vfHL0UNwI</a></p> <p>Is healthcare reform dead or just resting? </p>