A recent Special Issue of Business Horizons (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/bushor), the journal of the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, and published by Elsevier, addresses issues central to healthcare and life sciences. Healthcare reform, for example, has been at the center of U.S…

Karen Ignagni, President and CEO of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), released the following statement today on H.R. 4626: “In attempting to solve a problem that doesn’t exist, this legislation is the triumph of sound bites over substance. The Congressional Budget Office has said that passage of this legislation will do nothing to reduce [...]

GOP leaders Tuesday decided not to offer a “single comprehensive proposal” at Thursday’s health summit and have voiced little hope regarding the meeting’s outcome, but they are still planning to attend, The New York Times reports. “The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, and the House Republican leader, John A…

The New York Times: Pushing health care reform through a skittish Democratic caucus while facing strong Republican opposition is testing the White House. “Mr. Obama has not been the sort to bludgeon his party into following his lead or to intimidate reluctant legislators…

The Obama administration is supporting a House bill that would end the federal antitrust exemption for health insurers. Dow Jones Newswires/The Wall Street Journal: “The bill, which the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday, would remove insurers’ long-time exemption to competition laws, which Democrats hope will lower premiums in insurance markets by giving [...]