Time is money in health care and US reform is taking a toll

The much publicized Healthcare reform in the USA has taken its effect on the industry. Job losses are ripping through the heart of America and continuing government pressure to improve systems to deal with President Barack Obama's changes brings their own challenges, so leading health care executives met at the NG Healthcare Summit last week in Dallas, Texas, to discuss the issues.

The USA spends around $2,000 billion a year on health care expenses, more than any other country across the globe, but critics are still questioning if the country's finances will be able to support the reform. Despite original predictions that costs would be reduced it would do little to stem healthcare expenditure, something which executives from the industry are determined not to let happen.