The 10th annual World Health Care Congress just wrapped up at the Gaylord National Hotel. One key subject was how to reduce the costs of health care.
Doctor Salim Aziz, a cardio-vascular surgeon, was a presenter. He joined us on Thursday to talk about the issue.
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Doctors talked about how to reduce the cost of healthcare and other topics. Salim Azizi, MD talked to us about the issues before the World Health Congress
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Fred Hassan, chairman of Bausch & Lomb, talks about the outlook for the pharmaceutical industry and his turnaround efforts at Bausch & Lomb. Hassan speaks with Shannon Pettypiece at the World Health Care Congress in Washington on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart." Bloomberg's Carol Massar also speaks. (Source: Bloomberg)
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David Cutler, a professor and health economist at Harvard University, discusses the impact of the Obama health-care law on jobs and the prospects for lowering health costs in the U.S. Cutler talks with Shannon Pettypiece from the World Health Care Congress in Washington on Bloomberg Television's "In the Loop." (Source: Bloomberg)
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Congressional Budget Director Douglas Elmendorf talked about five ways the federal government could restrain health costs including reversing the expansion of Medicaid. Following his remarks he was interviewed Washington Post reporter Amy Goldstein and answered questions from the audience.
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Dr. Dennis Cortese talks to CNBC from the World Health Care Congress in Washington, where leaders across the medical industry have gathered to ask: What Comes Next?
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Brussels plays host to the fifth annual World Health Care Congress Europe, where thought-leaders and senior executives met with the shared goal of finding new health-care solutions. Healthy Horizons investigates.
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Father of microfinance and Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus created Grameen Bank over 25 years ago to alleviate poverty. He then started up a health-care insurance program for the impoverished in 1993. Healthy Horizons investigates the workings of the Grameen Health Initiative.
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Washington played host to the sixth annual World Health Care Congress where top executives and academics examined the key issues in health care. Healthy Horizons went along to investigate.
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The 6th Annual World Health Care Congress convenes in Washington, DC, with chief and senior executives from all sectors of health care. Over 1,700 CEOs, senior executives and government officials attend. The conference begins with an address by Dora Hughes, counselor to the Sec. of the Dept. of Health & Human Services.
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Providing quality health care can be expensive, but it doesn't have to be. About 40 companies from around the globe gathered at the 6th Annual World Health Care Congress to demonstrate how "spare parts" and other low-cost solutions can improve health and save lives.
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As healthcare CEOs meet in Washington for the 6th annual world health care congress, many question whether public health insurance plans would be more efficient, with Kerry Weems, former Medicare/Medicaid head; Judy Feder, Center for American Progress senior fellow and CNBC's Bertha Coombs.
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