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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Guest post on Chinese healthcare reform

FYI: I wrote a guest post on healthcare for the award-winning China Law Blog. The post went up this morning.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi Micah,

Great post on an interesting topic. Beijing Healthcare Forum will be having an open, informal meeting to chat about medical insurance reform and drug pricing in China tomorrow in Beijing. All are welcome.

Meeting details:
Time: 8:00PM
Date: Wednesday 16th
Place: Gingko Restaurant (2nd Floor)
Address: 199 Andingmennei Dajie

Beijing Healthcare Forum is an informal group that consists of a diverse body of Chinese and international students, local college professors (Beida, Renda, Tsinghua), and other professionals in the industry. Our goal is to better inform ourselves and others about emerging trends in health care administration, delivery, policy, and industry while expanding our network of professional contacts and resources. I have listed some key questions that we'd like the group to be focused on:

What is the optimal balance of public and private financing for insurance, healthcare service centers?
What is the role of free markets in the new reforms?
What is the relationship between intellectual property right (enforcement), investment, and innovation for health care products in the context of developing countries?
In terms of comparing healthcare systems globally, where can China learn from other systems? What lessons does China have to share with the rest of the world?
How will China’s legal, ethical and political framework impact the growth of the health care industry?
How will China tackle the healthcare needs of both the developed and developing world? How will this split the industry/delivery?

We'd love to see you there!

Best,
Beijing Heathcare Forum

Micah Schwalb said...

I will not be able to attend, as I am in Colorado right now. But thank you for the invitation.