Forbes November 23, 2019
Sachin H. Jain

As we near the end of the year, it is again time to go to the crystal ball and issue predictions for what the year 2020 holds in store for health care. This year, I consulted three well-known Venice Beach astrologers, two reputed Chakra healers, and an old Ouija board to arrive at 10 predictions that have a 50/50 chance of being correct.

In all seriousness, here is how I see the dialog around our nation’s health care system evolving in 2020.

1) The push to deliver home-based care will continue. An under-appreciated driver of costs in U.S. health care is the price of hospitalization. The average hospital bed costs more than $2,000 a day, and in many areas of...

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