This could have a dramatic impact overnight. The possibility of regulation and socialization is a real threat because of the fact that healthcare is such a successful industry and so many entrants are attempting to take a piece of the pie. Entry into the health care market must be done so after carefully analyzing the possible impact that government regulation and socialization could have on your operations. From this foundation there are many segments and entities that continually vie for positions around the core trying to capitalize of the revenue that flows through the industry. Each segment is trying to position itself to capture as much of the revenue as possible.
Many segments augment the practice of healthcare.
They provide medicine or medical devices that are essential to the practice of medicine in a new age. Some segments, however, aren't even medically related. Insurance and Law are two segments that have entered and captured a significant portion of healthcare revenues yet generate no addition of value to the core service of providing medical knowledge or application of medicine. These two segments essentially drive up the cost of providing care and take a cut out of the new price. The health care industry faces a number of issues that are important for its continued success.