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Free Trade in Healthcare?

By: Charity Darby | Tags: Certificate of Need, competition, Diagnostic Related Group, facilities, Florida, Florida legislature, Medicaid, Medicare, pharmaceutical provision, U.S. Anti-Trust policies

For the last few months, we in the US, have been witnessing the discussion on the national stage of The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP) . The TTP is a 12 nation agreement lead by the US Government, and potentially a landmark deal for President Obama and his administration. This agreement, subject to Congressional approval, was negotiated between the US and 11 other Pacific Rim nations – Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and Japan – and have been negotiating the TTP Free Trade Agreement since […]
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