Guessing What Congress Will Do On Healthcare
VCs investing in healthcare, medical device and biotech companies have to figure their charges will be impacted by Congress not just this year, but over the next decade, says ScaleVP's Mark Brooks. So planning investments in these areas can be tricky. On the one hand, he figures, 20 million to 40 million more people could have health insurance, which is good because they'd be buying more healthcare. On the other hand, details on how to pay for this extra insurance and stop ever rising healthcare costs have been scarce. One proposal in Washington is to tax insurance, medical device and pharmaceutical companies --
22 October 2009•2 mins read
