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The U.S. Health Care Industry Aims To Shape Its Destiny Before Full Federal Reform Takes Effect Jan 12
Standard & Poors, Jan 2012
Abstract
The U.S. health care industry enters 2012 with a twofold mission. Even as insurers, hospitals, nursing homes, drug makers, and medical device manufacturers strive to maintain or improve their near-term profits and credit quality, they must also prepare for the full implementation of national health care reform in two years, which could add some 30 million new patients to the health care system. Standard & Poor's Ratings Services currently has a stable outlook on all three major health care sectors--health insurers, not-for-profit health care institutions (mostly hospitals), and corporate (for-profit) companies, which include drug makers and investor-owned hospitals. To a large degree, all sectors have earned their current stability by taking steps to meet their near-term objectives while also preparing...
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Research Type: Commentary
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