What Does the Trump Presidency Imply for Healthcare and Healthcare IT?

Many organizations have asked me to comment on the impact of the Trump Presidency on Healthcare and Healthcare IT.  I served the Bush administration for 4 years and the Obama administration for 6 years.  I know that change in Washington happens incrementally.  There is always an evolution, not a revolution, regardless of speechmaking hyperbole.What am I doing in Massachusetts?  I ’m staying the course, continuing my focus on social networking for healthcare, mobile, care management analytics, cloud, and security while leaving the strategic plan/budget as is.I have no inside information and no involvement with the Trump campaign/transition team.  From talking to people in Washington and reading publicly available resources, I believe there are 10 themes that will guide us over the next two years.1.  It ’s likely that some corporate and personal taxes will be reduced, possibly increasing the funds available for innovation.2.  It ’s likely that some regulations will be eliminted/simplified, possibly creating more free time/attention span for innovation.3.  It ’s likely that free market competition will increase and some of the political infighting around issues such as Medicare’s inability to negotiate drug prices may dissipate.4.  As corporate taxes are restructured, we may see repatriation of funds currently sequestered offshore.  The tax cost of bringing such funds back to the US today is 40%.  It may be 10...
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