Obamacare Going Down?

[rory_20_uk]

A nice graph of comparative costs, courtesy of McKinsey.



Those will be some of the most well heeled lobbyists in the land, and faced with a potentially life or death struggle.

Perversely, in the UK the PM has a lot more power than the President does - as evidenced by the first challenges occurring 12 minutes after the bill was passed where here changes can be more effectively deployed (whether the changes themselves are effective is a different matter).

I did some work for a friend who was looking into getting involved in preventative medicine in the USA for Diabetes. In a cohort study of the staff of one company, the ROI was under 5 years - and this for a long term illness.

I really don't know how the USA is going to sort this out. Although oft said, it can't go on - spending 20, 30, 40 percent of GDP on healthcare is insane, but based on current trends is going to happen.

[econ21]

I did some work for a friend who was looking into getting involved in preventative medicine in the USA for Diabetes. In a cohort study of the staff of one company, the ROI was under 5 years - and this for a long term illness.

Rory, can you spell this out a bit? For example, what's a ROI? Can you explain this study and what you infer from your work in layman's terms? It sounds interesting.

[rory_20_uk]

Rory, can you spell this out a bit? For example, what's a ROI? Can you explain this study and what you infer from your work in layman's terms? It sounds interesting.

Link this is the document that I created. It was for internal review, and yes, is gleaned from others and there was no time to properly reference it. Rest assured it was all plagiarised from online sources.

ROI - Return On Investment - this was being prepared for the basis of starting a company, but savings are equally important if it was a non-profit.