There are more likely ways they can inhibit implementation of the program, in terms of crippling management of the whole shootin match with cuts in Federal employment. As has been done for years with assorted types of regulation (Fair Labor Standards, etc.).
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=331A6E04-BA21-46B8-A94F-E2C3A568BD7A
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> Investors see health law's potential
> By: Sarah Kliff
> January 13, 2011 12:18 AM EST
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> SAN FRANCISCO – As Republicans push forward on repealing health reform,
> planning the law’s demise, a different conversation is happening among
> thousands of health care investors gathered in San Francisco for this week’s
> J.P Morgan Health Care Conference: how to capitalize on health reform’s new
> business opportunities.
>
> The Congressional Budget Office estimates 32 million Americans will gain
> health insurance by 2019 if the law stands. For health insurers, that
> represents a potential boon for both their individual market business as
> well as in the Medicaid market, where states regularly contract with private
> insurers to manage care.
>
> “The worst is behind them,” says Ipsita Smolinski, president of Capitol
> Street and senior advisor to McKenna Long & Aldridge, of the outlook for
> health insurers. “There was so much uncertainty last year. But with the MLR
> and rate review regulations out, investors know they have a pretty viable
> future.
>
> “There was initially a concern among investors that health reform would
> kill their business model. Now, that hasn’t happened.”
>
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