The Costs of a National Single-Payer Healthcare System

May 27, 2019

The leading current bill to establish single-payer health insurance, the Medicare for All Act (M4A), would, under conservative estimates, increase federal budget commitments by approximately $32.6 trillion during its first 10 years of full implementation assuming enactment in 2018. This projected increase in federal healthcare commitments would equal approximately 10.7 percent of GDP in 2022, rising to nearly 12.7 percent of GDP in 2031 and further thereafter.

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Helping Patients Find and Engage with Clinical Trials

whitePaper | June 3, 2022

With increased scrutiny from regulatory agencies, advocacy groups and the public for clinical trial transparency, sponsors are feeling the pressure to ramp up efforts to make their studies more accessible.

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Digital Healthcare Trends to Transform Patient Experiences in 2022

whitePaper | August 24, 2022

Like many other parts of life, the healthcare journey has radically transformed over the last two years. An increasing number of patients and doctors are taking advantage of digital channels for consultations, treatments, and ongoing medical care.

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Top Priorities for Health Leaders 2022-2023

whitePaper | August 4, 2022

There has never been a time in the history of the U.S. healthcare system in which the leaders of hospitals, medical groups, and health systems have faced a broader range of pressures of all kindspolicy,

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Clearing hurdles that crimp real-time and predictive insights in healthcare

whitePaper | July 26, 2022

Healthcare leaders have long recognized the importance of real-time decision making. Take, for instance, sepsis one of the leading causes of U.S. hospital deaths that costs the industry an estimated $62B a year,1 not to mention the preventable morbidity

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Drivers of Rising Health Care Costs And their Impact on Vulnerable Populations

whitePaper | December 24, 2022

Americans are more focused than ever on the rising out-of-pocket cost of health care, both in terms of personal finances and the national economy.

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Updating Engagement Strategies for a Changing Healthcare Market

whitePaper | January 2, 2023

As a consequence of widespread consolidation of buying power within integrated healthcare networks (IHNs), Pharma, Medical Device, and Biotech sales and marketing teams are facing information gaps that threaten their sales growth if left unaddressed.

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