Uncertainty was the defining characteristic of the healthcare industry in 2017 as regulatory changes were proposed, rejected, revised, or tabled for now. The individual insurance mandate was repealed as part of a year-end tax reform bill—a victory for an administration that favors deregulation, but also a change that is projected to increase healthcare costs. Time will tell whether proposed alternative plans provide affordable insurance coverage.
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Takeaways • Although the central tenets of value-based healthcare have…