A Look Ahead: The 2009 U.S. Health Legislative Landscape

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A Look Ahead: The 2009 U.S. Health Legislative Landscape

Organizations involved in the health care, pharmaceutical and

biotechnology industries should be aware of likely dramatic shifts

in U.S. health policy under an Obama administration.

As a result of the November 2008 U.S. elections, achievement of

systemic health care reform is now a shared priority of

President-Elect Barack Obama and a Democratic-controlled Congress.

The outlook for both health care reform and movement on individual

health legislative issues is discussed below.

Comprehensive Health Reform

With 47 million Americans uninsured and health costs escalating,

expanding health insurance coverage and curtailing health care

costs while providing incentives for improved health care quality

will be paramount goals in any health reform effort.

President-Elect Obama's health care pronouncements to date

indicate a desire to work toward universal coverage, with ...

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