Healthcare
Healthcare Costs Continue To Outpace Overall Inflation
The healthcare system in the US is a mess when compared with most developed countries. Some may question whether the healthcare system is even a “system” since the system is made of a hodgepodge of actors such as thousands of healthcare companies, regulators, medical providers, billing firms, pharmaceutical firms and many others. As a result [...]
Checking for Opportunities in Foreign Healthcare Equipment and Services Provider Stocks
Healthcare stocks are generally considered as defensive stocks. So investors looking for a place to hide in the current volatile equity markets can consider this sector. In this post let us take a quick look at some of the foreign healthcare equipment makers and service providers traded on the U.S. markets. The universe of foreign [...]
Healthcare Expenditure as a Share of GDP Among OECD Countries 2009
According to the OECD recently released its OECD Health Data 2011 report, healthcare spending continues to rise faster than economic growth in most OECD countries. Healthcare spending reached 9.5% of GDP on average in 2009, up from 8.8% in 2008. As expected the U.S. continues to spend the most on healthcare. The following chart shows [...]
Comparison of Healthcare Expenditure Across OECD Countries
Healthcare spending is about 9% of GDP on average in OECD countries. However in many countries it exceeds 10% of the GDP. Over three quarters of healthcare spending is publicly funded. The current economic crisis, ageing populations, rising budget deficits, soaring healthcare costs and other factors are forcing healthcare spending to be tightened in most [...]
Comparison of Healthcare Performance Among Seven Countries – U.S. Ranks Last
New York city-based The Commonwealth Fund published a report few months ago comparing the the U.S. to six other developed countries on measures of healthcare performance in five areas: quality, efficiency, access to care, equity and the ability to lead long, healthy, productive lives. The countries compared were Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, [...]
U.S. Healthcare Reform is a Big Boon For Healthcare Companies
On March 23, 2010 President Barack Obama signed the historic healthcare reform bill into law. This marked the end of many months of wrangling between the Republicans and Democrats. The $938 Billion bill brings many significant changes to the US healthcare system in decades. The $938B bill would be financed by tax increases and reduction [...]
