LOS ANGELES -- On Monday April 26, a panel moderated by CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo including executives and leaders including Michael Milken convened to discuss Health Reform in a session focused on "Prevention and Cures". The primary focus of the discussion was the need for government policy and health reform to address "wellness" and chronic diseases such as diabetes.
One of the conclusions from the panel is that the healthcare reform recently been enacted into law is "uneconomic" and has put prevention and wellness on the "back-burner" even though unhealthy living represents a major cost to society. A lingering concern is that we are a few years away from price-setting of medical products and services.
